What Day of the Week

January 12, 2018 was the 12^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 353 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 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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• 475

  Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.
• 1528

  Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
• 1773

  The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1777

  Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
• 1895

  The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 1911

  The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• 1932

  Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• 2001

  Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
• 2006

  The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.

• 1628

  Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
• 1944

  Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
• 1945

  Maggie Bell, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows)
• 1952

  Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author
• 1959

  Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
• 1959

  Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
• 1968

  Heather Mills, British activist and model
• 1973

  Hande Yener, Turkish singer
• 1977

  Cade McNown, American football player
• 1978

  Kim Sa-rang, Korean actress

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