What Day of the Week

January 8, 2019 was the 8^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 357 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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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• 1746

  Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
• 1780

  An earthquake of estimated magnitude 7.7 hits the city of Tabriz, Iran, killing about 80,000 people and causing major damage.
• 1790

  George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York.
• 1877

  Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• 1918

  President Woodrow Wilson announces his “Fourteen Points” for the aftermath of World War I.
• 1961

  In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle’s policies in Algeria.
• 1964

  President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a “War on Poverty” in the United States.
• 1979

  The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland.
• 1982

  The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
• 2004

  The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake’s granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

• 1873

  Elena of Montenegro, queen of Italy (d. 1956)
• 1894

  Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)
• 1905

  Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (d. 1988)
• 1933

  Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator
• 1934

  Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987)
• 1936

  Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-born British scientist
• 1939

  Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan fashion designer
• 1942

  Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese politician
• 1945

  Kadir Topbaş, Turkish politician
• 1972

  Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer

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