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 French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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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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• 1736

  Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
• 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.
• 1911

  Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
• 1920

  Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• 1924

  Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
• 1934

  German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
• 1942

  World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
• 1965

  Hindi becomes the official language of India.
• 1992

  Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
• 2028

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

• 1908

  Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (d. 1997)
• 1924

  Alice Babs, Swedish singer
• 1945

  Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
• 1946

  Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)
• 1947

  Patrick Dewaere, French actor (d. 1982)
• 1958

  Anita Baker, American singer
• 1958

  Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian
• 1960

  Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows)
• 1978

  Kelly Stables, American actress
• 1993

  Peter Čerešňák, Slovak ice hockey player

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