What Day of the Week

January 27, 2019 was the 27^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 338 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 1142

  Execution, believed wrongful, of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.
• 1785

  The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
• 1825

  The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
• 1888

  The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• 1941

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
• 1961

  Soviet submarine S-80 sinks with all hands lost.
• 1974

  The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th Century
• 1983

  The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world’s longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
• 1984

  Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.
• 2010

  The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.

• 1826

  Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. 1889)
• 1895

  Joseph Rosenstock, Polish conductor (d. 1985)
• 1918

  William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (d. 2005)
• 1930

  Bobby Blue Bland, American singer
• 1942

  John Witherspoon, American actor
• 1946

  Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)
• 1962

  Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer
• 1988

  Liu Wen, Chinese model
• 1989

  Carl Magnay, British footballer
• 1989

  Daisy Lowe, British model

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