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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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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• 1676

  Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
• 1814

  France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
• 1886

  Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• 1900

  The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
• 1903

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 1918

  Ukrainian-Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• 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.
• 1979

  Brenda Spencer kills two people and wounds eight at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School shootings.
• 2001

  Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.

• 1867

  Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish writer (d. 1928)
• 1895

  Muna Lee, American poet (d. 1965)
• 1950

  Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver
• 1951

  Andy Roberts, West Indian cricketer
• 1953

  Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist
• 1958

  Linda Smith, British comedian (d. 2006)
• 1968

  Susi Erdmann, German bobsledder and luger
• 1972

  Brian Wood, writer and artist of graphic novels
• 1976

  Charles Divins, American model and actor
• 1987

  Alex Avila, American baseball player

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