What Day of the Week

January 9, 2019 was the 9^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 356 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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• 1349

  The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
• 1816

  Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
• 1839

  The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• 1857

  The Fort Tejon earthquake of California occurs, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
• 1861

  American Civil War: The “Star of the West” incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the “First Shots of the American Civil War”.
• 1863

  American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas.
• 1880

  The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
• 1918

  Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• 1923

  Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebelled against the League of Nations decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
• 1941

  World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.

• 1901

  Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
• 1939

  Susannah York, British actress (d. 2011)
• 1940

  Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 1950

  David Johansen, American singer
• 1961

  Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter
• 1965

  Haddaway, Trinidadian singer
• 1971

  Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977

  Beth Troutman, American production assistant
• 1978

  Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer
• 1978

  Maggie Rizer, American model and AIDS activist

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