What Day of the Week

January 26, 2022 was the 26^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 339 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 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.
• 1841

  The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes.
• 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.
• 1920

  Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• 1930

  The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) which occurred 20 years later.
• 1933

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• 1934

  The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
• 1965

  Hindi becomes the official language of India.
• 1978

  The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US, strikes the Ohio – Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph (161 km/h).
• 2004

  President Hamid Karzai signs the new constitution of Afghanistan.

• 1904

  Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
• 1911

  Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1993)
• 1920

  Hans Holzer, American paranormal researcher (d. 2009)
• 1924

  Alice Babs, Swedish singer
• 1945

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

  Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 1963

  José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager
• 1965

  Thomas Östros, Swedish politician
• 1976

  Hitomi, Japanese singer and songwriter
• 1984

  Wu Qian, Chinese classical pianist

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