What Day of the Week

January 6, 2019 was the 6^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 359 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Capricorn 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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• 1781

  In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
• 1907

  Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
• 1921

  Formation of the Iraqi Army.
• 1931

  Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
• 1947

  Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
• 1951

  Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.
• 1978

  The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
• 1993

  Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
• 1995

  A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
• 2005

  A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.

• 1655

  Empress Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1720)
• 1808

  Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)
• 1856

  Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer (d. 1909)
• 1912

  Danny Thomas, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1915

  Alan Watts, English writer/philosopher (d. 1973)
• 1920

  Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist
• 1932

  Stuart A. Rice, American chemist
• 1936

  Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player
• 1964

  Charles Haley, American football player
• 1986

  Mike Teel, American football player

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