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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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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• 307

  Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by his son Jin Huaidi.
• 1499

  Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany.
• 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.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield
• 1912

  The African National Congress is founded.
• 1962

  The Harmelen train disaster killed 93 people in the Netherlands.
• 1973

  Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
• 2002

  President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
• 2011

  An attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 people and wounds 13, including Giffords.

• 1735

  John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815)
• 1821

  James Longstreet, American Confederate general and diplomat; and former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire (d. 1904)
• 1823

  Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d. 1913)
• 1909

  Evelyn Wood, American educator (d. 1995)
• 1912

  José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992)
• 1951

  Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician
• 1955

  Mike Reno, Canadian musician
• 1978

  Boris Avrukh, Israeli chess grandmaster
• 1982

  John Utaka, Nigerian footballer
• 1986

  Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress

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