What Day of the Week

January 27, 2020 was the 27^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 339 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.

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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• 1343

  Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.
• 1593

  The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
• 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”.
• 1870

  The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity is founded at DePauw University.
• 1888

  The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• 1993

  American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport’s highest rank of yokozuna.
• 1996

  Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
• 2010

  The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras.

• 1708

  Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
• 1905

  Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1912

  Francis Rogallo, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)
• 1940

  Petru Lucinschi, second President of Moldova
• 1944

  Mairéad Corrigan, Irish activist, Nobel laureate
• 1947

  Cal Schenkel, American artist
• 1947

  Vyron Polydoras, Greek politician
• 1976

  Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
• 1978

  Jake Pavelka, American reality TV star (The Bachelor)
• 1988

  Kerlon, Brazilian footballer

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