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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 475

  Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
• 1788

  Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
• 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”.
• 1894

  New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• 1905

  According to the Julian Calendar which is used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.
• 1916

  World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• 1927

  A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, kills 78 children.
• 1947

  Elizabeth “Betty” Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
• 1965

  The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• 2005

  Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.

• 1589

  Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
• 1856

  Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
• 1898

  Wally Baker, American supercentenarian (d. 2009)
• 1909

  J. R. Simplot, American entrepreneur (d. 2008)
• 1938

  Stuart Woods, American novelist
• 1950

  Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
• 1954

  Philippa Gregory, English historical novelist
• 1975

  Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1976

  Simon Gosejohann, German comedian
• 1980

  Sergio García, Spanish golfer

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