What Day Of The Week Was January 9?

Friday January 9, 2026
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January 9: Day of the Week

January 9, 2026 was the 9th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 356 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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January 9 by the Numbers

  • 29 days since January 9
  • 0 year, 0 month, and 29 days ago
  • 0 month since then
  • January 9 is in the 2nd week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
  • 4 weeks ago
  • The year 2026 is not a leap year

January 9 Historical Event(s)

1822The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king João VI, starting the Brazilian independence process. 1839The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. 1861American 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”. 1863American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas. 1878Umberto I becomes King of Italy. 1894New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. 1909Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nmi from the South Pole, the furthest anyone had ever reached at that time. 1941World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster. 1960President 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. 2005Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.

Who were born on January 9?

1818Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881) 1829Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (d. 1857) 1879John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958) 1896Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-born British conductor (d. 1971) 1898Gracie Fields, English music hall performer (d. 1979) 1928Judith Krantz, American author 1964Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player 1965Eric Erlandson, American musician 1965Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player 1987Lucas Pezzini Leiva, Brazilian footballer

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