What Day of the Week

January 26, 2020 was the 26^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 340 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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.
• 1736

  Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
• 1788

  The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day
• 1905

  The world’s largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3106.75 carat, is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• 1911

  Richard Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• 1920

  Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• 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.
• 1960

  Danny Heater sets a worldwide high school basketball scoring record when he records 135 points for Burnsville High School (West Virginia)
• 1998

  Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had “sexual relations” with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
• 2009

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.

• 1813

  Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876)
• 1832

  George Shiras Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1924)
• 1891

  Frank Costello, Italian-born American gangster (d. 1973)
• 1891

  Wilder Penfield, American-born Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1976)
• 1892

  Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1923

  Anne Jeffreys, American actress
• 1950

  Janet Lupo, American model
• 1953

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO
• 1977

  Tye Tribbett, American Singer
• 1984

  Wu Qian, Chinese classical pianist

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