What Day of the Week

January 29, 2019 was the 29^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 336 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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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• 1814

  France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
• 1834

  US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
• 1845

  “The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
• 1936

  The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
• 1944

  In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.
• 1944

  World War II: Approximately 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland.
• 1967

  The “ultimate high” of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
• 1987

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 1991

  Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
• 1998

  In Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph is suspected as the culprit.

• 1756

  Henry Lee III, American General (d. 1818)
• 1920

  José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2007)
• 1926

  Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
• 1930

  Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (d. 2005)
• 1943

  Tony Blackburn, English disc jockey
• 1947

  David Byron, English singer (Uriah Heep) (d. 1985)
• 1954

  Terry Kinney, American actor
• 1955

  Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and head coach
• 1980

  Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Icelandic handball player
• 1981

  Rui En, Singaporean actress & singer

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