What Day of the Week

February 3, 2021 is the 34^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 331 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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

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• 1488

  Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.
• 1834

  Wake Forest University is established.
• 1900

  Governor of Kentucky William Goebel dies of wound sustained in an assassination attempt three days earlier in Frankfort, Kentucky.
• 1945

  World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 to 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
• 1945

  World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
• 1972

  The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
• 1984

  Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
• 1996

  The Lijiang earthquake in Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
• 2007

  A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
• 2030

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.

• 1904

  Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
• 1925

  John Fiedler, American voice actor (d. 2005)
• 1930

  Gillian Ayres, English painter
• 1945

  Johnny Cymbal, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993)
• 1948

  Jim Lockhart, Irish musician (Horslips)
• 1976

  Isla Fisher, Scottish-Australian actress
• 1976

  Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978

  Adrian R'Mante, American actor
• 1988

  Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer
• 1988

  Kyuhyun, South Korean singer (Super Junior)

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