What Day of the Week

January 7, 2019 was the 7^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 358 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.

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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• 1785

  Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
• 1797

  The modern Italian flag is first used.
• 1919

  Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
• 1927

  The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, England, United Kingdom.
• 1940

  Winter War: The Finnish 9th Division stops and completely destroys the overwhelming Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
• 1952

  President Harry S. Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.
• 1960

  The Polaris missile is test launched.
• 1968

  Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
• 1980

  President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• 2010

  Muslim gunmen open fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after celebrating a midnight Christmas mass, killing eight of them as well as one Muslim bystander.

• 1647

  Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
• 1796

  Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)
• 1923

  Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d. 2003)
• 1934

  Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (d. 2002)
• 1935

  Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. 2006)
• 1948

  Kenny Loggins, American singer
• 1959

  Kathy Valentine, American musician (The Go-Go’s)
• 1971

  Tina Anderson, American comic book writer
• 1975

  Tift Merritt, American singer songwriter
• 1990

  Camryn Grimes, American actress

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