What Day of the Week

January 15, 2021 was the 15^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 350 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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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• 1759

  The British Museum opens.
• 1865

  American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• 1870

  A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (“A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly).
• 1892

  James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
• 1919

  Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
• 1943

  The world’s largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
• 1967

  The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10
• 1976

  Gerald Ford’s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
• 1986

  The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida.
• 1992

  The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

• 1671

  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
• 1879

  Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
• 1882

  Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)
• 1900

  William Heinesen, Faroese writer, poet and artist (d. 1991)
• 1920

  Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1957

  Mario Van Peebles, American actor
• 1959

  Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian climber (d. 2008)
• 1961

  Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian and film director
• 1963

  Conrad Lant, English musician
• 1981

  Howie Day, American singer

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