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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• 1700

  The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake takes place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
• 1808

  Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
• 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).
• 1962

  Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
• 1965

  Hindi becomes the official language of India.
• 1966

  The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
• 1992

  Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
• 2001

  An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
• 2009

  Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
• 2028

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

• 1763

  Charles XIV John of Sweden, Napoleonic general (d. 1844)
• 1887

  Marc Mitscher, American admiral (d. 1947)
• 1904

  Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
• 1922

  Seán Flanagan, Irish Gaelic footballer and politician (d. 1993)
• 1924

  Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician (d. 1998)
• 1950

  Janet Lupo, American model
• 1978

  Kelly Stables, American actress
• 1980

  Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
• 1983

  Su Hwan Lee, South Korean footballer
• 1989

  Marshon Brooks, American basketball player

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