What Day of the Week

January 21, 2021 was the 21^st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 344 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Aquarius 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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• 1749

  The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
• 1840

  Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
• 1893

  The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
• 1931

  Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• 1950

  Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• 1954

  The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• 1966

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
• 1999

  War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4300 kg of cocaine on board.
• 2004

  NASA’s MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.

• 1825

  Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
• 1885

  Umberto Nobile, Italian aeronautical engineer (d. 1978)
• 1897

  René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
• 1905

  Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978)
• 1922

  Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 2008)
• 1940

  Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
• 1942

  Mac Davis, American musician
• 1966

  Candi Milo, American voice actress
• 1978

  Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1988

  Vanessa Hessler, Italian model

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