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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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.
• 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.
• 1885

  Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum.
• 1905

  The world’s largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3106.75 carat, is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
• 1907

  The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
• 1914

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• 1952

  Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo’s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
• 1958

  Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
• 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).
• 2001

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

• 1832

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

  August Froehlich, German Roman Catholic priest, member of the resistance against Nazism and martyr (d.1942)
• 1900

  Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
• 1920

  Hans Holzer, American paranormal researcher (d. 2009)
• 1928

  Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
• 1937

  Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003)
• 1949

  Jonathan Carroll, American author
• 1953

  Alik L. Alik, vice-president of the Federate States of Micronesie
• 1968

  Ravi Teja, Tollywood film actor
• 1993

  Peter Čerešňák, Slovak ice hockey player

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