What Day of the Week

January 9, 2023 was the 9^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 356 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.

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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.

• 475

  Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
• 1127

  Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty.
• 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.
• 1793

  Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• 1861

  Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• 1878

  Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 1914

  Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.
• 1916

  World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• 1923

  Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• 1945

  World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.

• 1475

  Crinitus, Florentine humanist (d. 1507)
• 1589

  Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
• 1901

  Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
• 1909

  Patrick Peyton, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1992)
• 1929

  Dorothea Puente, American serial killer
• 1938

  Stuart Woods, American novelist
• 1944

  Jimmy Page, British musician and producer (Led Zeppelin)
• 1956

  Kimberly Beck, American actress
• 1961

  Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter
• 1968

  Al Schnier, American rock guitarist (moe.)

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