What day of the week was January 19, 2012?

The day of the week January 19th, 2012 fell on was a Thursday.

Peter Åslin the Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1962) died on this day in 2012. As did Sarah Burke the Canadian skier (b. 1982) , Peter de Francia the French-English painter and illustrator (b. 1921) , Gene Methvin the American pilot and journalist (b. 1934) , Winston Riley the Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (The Techniques) (b. 1943) , On Sarig the Israeli author (b. 1926) , Rudi van Dantzig the Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1933) .

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