What Day of the Week

January 2, 2021 was the 2^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 363 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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
• 1871

  Amadeus I becomes King of Spain
• 1905

  Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, 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.
• 1942

  World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces
• 1955

  Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated
• 1959

  Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union
• 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

• 1727

  James Wolfe, British general (d. 1759)
• 1857

  Martha Carey Thomas, American educator, suffragist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College (d. 1935)
• 1866

  Prof. Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
• 1873

  Thérèse of Lisieux, French Roman Catholic nun (d. 1897)
• 1889

  Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (d. 1973)
• 1928

  Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
• 1933

  Seiichi Morimura, Japanese novelist
• 1942

  Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• 1969

  Tommy Morrison, American boxer
• 1976

  Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress

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