What Day of the Week

January 5, 2020 was the 5^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 361 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 1527

  Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
• 1912

  The Prague Party Conference takes place.
• 1925

  Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
• 1940

  FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
• 1944

  The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
• 1957

  In a speech given to the United States Congress, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
• 1974

  Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station
• 1976

  The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
• 1993

  The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
• 1993

  Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last judicial hanging in America).

• 1829

  Sir Roger Ichborne, British heir (d. c. 1854)
• 1895

  Elizabeth Cotten, American musician (d. 1987)
• 1906

  Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist (d. 1978)
• 1908

  George Dolenz, American actor (d. 1963)
• 1917

  Wieland Wagner, German stage director (d. 1966)
• 1958

  Nancy Delahunt, Canadian athlete
• 1969

  Marilyn Manson, American singer
• 1969

  Paul McGillion, Scottish actor
• 1976

  Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars)
• 1985

  Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer

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