At A Glance

22 January 2019 at a glance

Day of the week
22 January 2019 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee.
Top Film of 2019
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
Star sign
The star sign for 22 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 22 January 2019 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 22 January 2019 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 22 January

  • 1998 Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  • 1999 Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
  • 2006 Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
  • 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented.
  • 2024 Ram Mandir is inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh after 500 years of dispute.

Famous people born on January 22

  • Caitlin Clark, American basketball player (born 2002)
  • Diane Lane, American actress (born 1965)
  • Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (1960–1997)
  • Gabriel Macht, American actor (born 1972)

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Events of 2019 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 8 – Captain Marvel, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, is released by Marvel Studios as the 21st film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It becomes the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2019 during its run, earning $1.128 billion worldwide.
  • March 13 – Boeing grounds its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft in response to evidence gathered following the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610.
  • April 5 – Shazam!, directed by David F. Sandberg, is released as the seventh film in the DC Extended Universe.

Life in the US in 2019

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.60

Loaf of Bread

$2.30

Average House

$363,300

Weekly Wage

$932

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