What Day of the Week

January 29, 2021 was the 29^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 336 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1861

  Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• 1891

  Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.
• 1903

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 1916

  World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
• 1918

  Ukrainian-Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• 1940

  Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. 181 people are killed.
• 1943

  The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
• 1944

  In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.
• 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

• 1843

  William McKinley, American politician, 39th Governor of Ohio, and 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
• 1866

  Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1944)
• 1895

  Muna Lee, American poet (d. 1965)
• 1924

  Marcelle Ferron, French-Canadian painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001)
• 1931

  Ferenc Madl, President of Hungary
• 1940

  Katharine Ross, American actress
• 1945

  Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
• 1979

  April Scott, American actress and model
• 1985

  Isabel Lucas, Australian actress
• 1985

  Todd Herzog, American reality-show contestant

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