What day of the week was January 23, 1909?

The day of the week January 23rd, 1909 fell on was a Saturday. Muharram/Islamic New Year for Muslim people.

the a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.