What Day of the Week

January 12, 2020 was the 12^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 354 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 1777

  Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
• 1848

  The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• 1866

  The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• 1875

  Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
• 1898

  Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
• 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.
• 1967

  Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
• 2005

  Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.
• 2007

  Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.

• 1721

  Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
• 1882

  Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
• 1884

  Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933)
• 1899

  Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979)
• 1906

  Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
• 1920

  Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist (d. 2009)
• 1924

  Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)
• 1946

  Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
• 1952

  John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner
• 1975

  Jason Freese, American musician (Green Day)

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