What Day of the Week

January 9, 2020 was the 9^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 357 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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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• 1788

  Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
• 1793

  Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• 1858

  Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
• 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.
• 1918

  Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• 1941

  World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
• 1945

  World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
• 1960

  President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
• 1965

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

• 1881

  Giovanni Papini, Italian writer (d. 1956)
• 1896

  Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-born British conductor (d. 1971)
• 1898

  Wally Baker, American supercentenarian (d. 2009)
• 1916

  Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)
• 1916

  Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader (d. 2009)
• 1918

  Alma Ziegler, American baseball player [AAGPBL] (d. 2005)
• 1933

  Wilbur Smith, Zambian-British novelist
• 1953

  Morris Gleitzman, British-Australian children’s author
• 1972

  Mat Hoffman, professional BMX rider
• 1982

  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

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