What Day of the Week

January 30, 2019 was the 30^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 335 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1862

  The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
• 1911

  The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
• 1913

  The United Kingdom’s House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
• 1930

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
• 1945

  World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: 126 American Rangers and Filipino resistance liberate 500 prisoners from the Cabanatuan POW camp.
• 1960

  The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
• 1964

  Ranger program: Ranger 6 is launched.
• 1972

  Bloody Sunday: British Paratroopers kill fourteen unarmed civil rights/anti internment marchers in Northern Ireland.
• 1972

  Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1982

  Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called “Elk Cloner”.

• 1901

  Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (d. 1959)
• 1913

  Percy Thrower, British Television Gardener (d. 1988)
• 1927

  Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (d. 2005)
• 1931

  John Crosbie, Canadian politician
• 1947

  Steve Marriott, English musician (Humble Pie, The Small Faces) (d. 1991)
• 1959

  Mark Eitzel, American singer and musician (American Music Club)
• 1964

  Otis Smith, American basketball player
• 1974

  Christian Bale, English actor
• 1980

  Pavel Ponomaryov, Russian-Estonian actor
• 1990

  Eiza Gonzalez, Mexican actress and singer

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