Saturday, January 24, 2026 is a Saturday. It is day 24 of 2026 (6.6% through the year), ISO week 4, in Q1.
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Saturday, January 24, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 1990: Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft (pictured), the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to January 24.
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Historical Milestones
Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft (pictured), the first lunar probe launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
Hiten (spacecraft) →About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
1987 Forsyth County protests →The Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during atmospheric reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories.
Nuclear power →Spanish transition to democracy: Neo-fascists attacked an office in Madrid, killing five people and injuring four others.
Spanish transition to democracy →Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungles of Guam, where he had been hiding since the end of World War II.
Shoichi Yokoi →Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese army and the Viet Cong.
Vietnam War →A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two Mark 39 nuclear weapons broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina; one bomb was recovered intact, the other disintegrated.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress →Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
Michael Moutoussis →The University of Calcutta was established as the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent.
University of Calcutta →James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill (reconstruction pictured) in Coloma, California, leading to the California gold rush.
James W. Marshall →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Saturday, January 24, 2026 falls on a Saturday.
240 days ago (7 months, 28 days ago). It is day 24 of 2026 with 341 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Saturday, January 24, 2026 is written as XXIV.I.MMXXVI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is First Quarter (approx. 34% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Aquarius.