What Day of the Week

January 29, 2020 was the 29^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 337 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1819

  Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
• 1845

  “The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
• 1886

  Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• 1963

  The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
• 1979

  Brenda Spencer kills two people and wounds eight at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School shootings.
• 1996

  President Jacques Chirac announces a “definitive end” to French nuclear weapons testing.
• 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.
• 2002

  In his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush describes “regimes that sponsor terror” as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
• 2005

  The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
• 2006

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.

• 1782

  Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)
• 1930

  John Junkin, English radio, television and film performer (d. 2006)
• 1948

  Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter and radio host
• 1952

  Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (d. 2009)
• 1953

  Ronnie Moore, English footballer
• 1967

  Stacey King, American basketball player
• 1971

  Clare Balding, British sports presenter
• 1972

  Brian Wood, writer and artist of graphic novels
• 1976

  Chris Castle, American singer-songwriter
• 1981

  Rui En, Singaporean actress & singer

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