What Day of the Week

February 5, 2021 was the 36^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 329 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 1782

  Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.
• 1859

  Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
• 1869

  The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the “Welcome Stranger”, is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• 1918

  SS Tuscania (1914) is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• 1918

  Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
• 1924

  The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the “BBC pips”.
• 1962

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• 1972

  Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
• 1976

  The 1976 swine flu outbreak begins at Fort Dix, NJ.
• 1988

  Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.

• 1534

  Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
• 1878

  André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)
• 1948

  Errol Morris, American film director
• 1951

  Russell Grant, British astrologer
• 1963

  Steven Shainberg, American film director
• 1968

  Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1977

  Ben Ainslie, British sailor
• 1980

  Robin Vik, Czech tennis player
• 1981

  Loukas Vyntra, Greek football player
• 1982

  Marc Kennedy, Canadian Curler

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