What Day of the Week

January 4, 2020 was the 4^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 362 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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

Capricorn 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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• 871

  Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
• 1847

  Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
• 1854

  The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
• 1878

  Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
• 1885

  The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
• 1903

  Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
• 1912

  The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter.
• 1972

  Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England, United Kingdom.
• 1974

  United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
• 1998

  Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.

• 1881

  Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)
• 1932

  Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (d. 1998)
• 1933

  Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, American author
• 1945

  Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1953

  James Warren, American journalist
• 1965

  Rick Hearst, American actor
• 1972

  Charlotte Hudson, British television presenter
• 1979

  Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver
• 1982

  Lucie Škrobáková, Czech athlete
• 1985

  Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver

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