What Day of the Week

January 29, 2018 was the 29^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 336 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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.
• 1863

  Bear River Massacre.
• 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.
• 1918

  Ukrainian-Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• 1940

  Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. 181 people are killed.
• 1944

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

• 1846

  Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)
• 1905

  Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
• 1945

  Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
• 1953

  Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist
• 1953

  Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
• 1957

  Grazyna Miller, Italian poet, translator, and journalist
• 1960

  J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
• 1964

  Andre Reed, American football player
• 1964

  Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer and television presenter
• 1967

  Stacey King, American basketball player

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