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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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.
• 1777

  Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
• 1808

  The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
• 1895

  The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• 1906

  Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
• 1918

  Finland’s “Mosaic Confessors” law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
• 1970

  Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.
• 1998

  Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
• 2005

  Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.

• 1576

  Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. 1660)
• 1746

  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. 1827)
• 1917

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
• 1920

  Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist (d. 2009)
• 1937

  Shirley Eaton, British actress
• 1947

  Tom Dempsey, American football player
• 1949

  Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director
• 1959

  Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
• 1967

  Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel
• 1985

  Gerard Lawson, American football player

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