What Day of the Week

January 12, 2021 was the 12^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 353 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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

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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• 1528

  Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
• 1773

  The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1808

  The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
• 1866

  The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• 1875

  Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
• 1899

  13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when it floundered off the coast of Devon, England.
• 1908

  A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
• 1911

  The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• 1918

  Finland’s “Mosaic Confessors” law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
• 2006

  A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.

• 1577

  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)
• 1715

  Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789)
• 1723

  Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)
• 1876

  Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
• 1876

  Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish Field Marshal and Prime Minister (d. 1950)
• 1905

  James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997)
• 1908

  Jean Delannoy, French film director (d. 2008)
• 1948

  Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia
• 1964

  Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur
• 1975

  Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player

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