What Day of the Week

January 26, 2019 was the 26^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 339 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 1589

  Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
• 1838

  Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
• 1855

  Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
• 1907

  The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
• 1914

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• 1918

  Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers’ Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• 1920

  Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• 1934

  The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
• 1949

  The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).

• 1497

  Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
• 1852

  Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà), explorer (d. 1905)
• 1922

  Michael Bentine, British comedian (d. 1996)
• 1924

  Alice Babs, Swedish singer
• 1927

  Bob Nieman, American baseball player (d. 1985)
• 1941

  Henry Jaglom, English director
• 1945

  Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
• 1954

  Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 1978

  Kelly Stables, American actress
• 1984

  Layla Kayleigh, British television personality

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