What Day of the Week

January 2, 2017 was the 2^nd day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 363 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1492

  Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey
• 1833

  Re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands.
• 1900

  John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China
• 1911

  A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill
• 1927

  Angered by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917, Catholic rebels in Mexico rebelled against the government.
• 1941

  World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
• 1942

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring
• 1999

  A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, Illinois, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported
• 2004

  Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.

• 1884

  Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-born Israeli educator, historian and politician (d. 1973)
• 1886

  Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
• 1901

  Bob Marshall, American conservationist (d. 1939)
• 1909

  Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1920

  Isaac Asimov, American author and biochemistry professor (d. 1992)
• 1938

  Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
• 1953

  Manfred Wittke, German footballer
• 1969

  Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
• 1969

  Robby Gordon, American racing driver
• 1977

  Nikos Soultanidis, Greek footballer

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