What Day of the Week

January 8, 2020 was the 8^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 358 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1297

  François Grimaldi, disguised as monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.
• 1746

  Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
• 1806

  Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
• 1838

  Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
• 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.
• 1945

  World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units was enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
• 1979

  The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland.
• 2004

  The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake’s granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
• 2005

  The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.

• 1587

  Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (d. 1616)
• 1763

  Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834)
• 1792

  Lowell Mason, American composer (d. 1872)
• 1926

  Evelyn Lear, American soprano
• 1928

  Gaston Miron, French-Canadian poet and editor (d. 1996)
• 1941

  Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator
• 1942

  Yvette Mimieux, American actress
• 1958

  Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler
• 1982

  Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
• 1987

  Carmen Klaschka, German tennis player

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