Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 26
January 26, 2025 is the 26th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 26
- 1699 –Treaty of Carlowitz is signed.
- 1700 –The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake takes place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
- 1837 –Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
- 1870 –American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
- 1905 –The world’s largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3106.75 carat, is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
- 1933 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- 1942 –World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
- 1958 –Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
- 1978 –The Great Blizzard of 1978, a rare severe blizzard with the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the US, strikes the Ohio – Great Lakes region with heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph (161 km/h).
Who were born on January 26?
- 1852 –Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà), explorer (d. 1905)
- 1918 –Philip José Farmer, American writer (d. 2009)
- 1929 –Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (d. 2000)
- 1929 –Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer
- 1953 –Alik L. Alik, vice-president of the Federate States of Micronesie
- 1963 –Gisela Valcarcel, Peruvian Hostess
- 1968 –Ravi Teja, Tollywood film actor
- 1974 –Shannon Hale, American author
- 1976 –Hitomi, Japanese singer and songwriter
- 1987 –Mia Rose, English/Portuguese singer
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