What Day of the Week

January 27, 2021 was the 27^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 338 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1785

  The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
• 1825

  The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
• 1868

  Boshin War: The Battle of Toba-Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
• 1927

  Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
• 1944

  World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
• 1961

  Soviet submarine S-80 sinks with all hands lost.
• 1971

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
• 1973

  The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict’s last recorded American combat casualty.
• 2002

  An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
• 2003

  The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.

• 1827

  Nakahama Manjirō, Japanese translator (d. 1898)
• 1850

  Edward J. Smith, English captain of the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
• 1910

  Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav Communist politician (d. 1979)
• 1936

  Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1940

  James Cromwell, American actor
• 1961

  Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer
• 1967

  Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970

  Emmanuel Pahud, Swiss-born flautist
• 1987

  Lily Donaldson, British model
• 1988

  Toni Gänge, German footballer

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