Monday January 20, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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: This Day in History

In the ancient astronomy, it was the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius. In some years it is Aquarius, but others Capricorn. It depends on the year.

by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

250
Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
1502
The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”.
World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Witnesses report seeing a bottlenose whale swimming in the River Thames, the first time the species had been seen in the Thames since records began in 1913.

Who were born on ?

Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899)
Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967)
Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer
Tom Baker, British actor
Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender
Rainn Wilson, American actor
Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter and actor
Gerard McDonnell, Irish mountaineer (d. 2008)
Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
Brigitte Olivier, Belgian judoka

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