What Day of the Week

January 26, 2018 was the 26^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 339 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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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• 1500

  Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
• 1841

  The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes.
• 1856

  First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
• 1911

  Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
• 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).
• 1960

  Danny Heater sets a worldwide high school basketball scoring record when he records 135 points for Burnsville High School (West Virginia)
• 1961

  John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
• 1966

  The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
• 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.
• 2028

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

• 1781

  Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
• 1826

  Julia Dent-Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
• 1891

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

  Wilder Penfield, American-born Canadian neurosurgeon (d. 1976)
• 1918

  Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989)
• 1919

  Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 1949)
• 1925

  Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper editor (d. 2004)
• 1958

  Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer
• 1968

  Ravi Teja, Tollywood film actor
• 1978

  Corina Morariu, American tennis player

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