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

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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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• 1768

  In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• 1788

  Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
• 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.
• 1878

  Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 1917

  World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• 1918

  Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• 1964

  Martyrs’ Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• 1992

  The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.

• 1773

  Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845)
• 1909

  Patrick Peyton, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1992)
• 1915

  Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)
• 1929

  Brian Friel, Irish dramatist
• 1948

  Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (d. 2006)
• 1952

  Hugh Bayley, British politician
• 1953

  Morris Gleitzman, British-Australian children’s author
• 1955

  J. K. Simmons, American actor
• 1959

  Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1971

  Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director

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