What Day of the Week

January 29, 2021 is the 29^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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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• 1819

  Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
• 1834

  US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
• 1900

  The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
• 1903

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 1918

  Ukrainian-Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• 1963

  The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
• 1989

  Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so
• 1996

  La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, is destroyed by fire.
• 2002

  In his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush describes “regimes that sponsor terror” as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
• 2005

  The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.

• 1715

  Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777)
• 1901

  Allen B. DuMont, American scientist and inventor (d. 1965)
• 1913

  Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1922

  Gerda Steinhoff, Nazi concentration camp supervisor (d. 1946)
• 1950

  Miklós Vámos, Hungarian writer, television host
• 1953

  Steve March-Tormé, American musician
• 1960

  Sean Kerly, English field hockey player
• 1979

  Andreas Thorstensson, Swedish website developer
• 1981

  Rui En, Singaporean actress & singer
• 1987

  Alex Avila, American baseball player

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