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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• 1531

  Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
• 1565

  Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Islamic sultanates of the Deccan, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
• 1837

  Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
• 1863

  American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• 1911

  Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
• 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.
• 1945

  World War II: The Red Army begins encircling the German Fourth Army near Heiligenbeil in East Prussia, which will end in destruction of the 4th Army two months later.
• 1991

  Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
• 2004

  A whale explodes in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is suspected of causing the explosion.

• 1905

  Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987)
• 1918

  Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989)
• 1937

  Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003)
• 1942

  Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (d. 2001)
• 1960

  Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows)
• 1973

  Mayu Shinjo, Japanese manga artist
• 1979

  Sara Rue, American actress
• 1980

  Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
• 1987

  Marlon Mario Brandao da Silveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1988

  Yukiyo Mine, Japanese footballer

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