What day of the week was January 23, 1789?

The day of the week January 23rd, 1789 fell on was a Friday.

Frances Brooke the English author and playwright (b. 1724) died on this day in 1789. As did John Cleland the English author (b. 1709) .

Georgetown College the the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)