What Day of the Week

January 5, 2022 was the 5^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 360 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1554

  A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• 1782

  American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
• 1896

  An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
• 1900

  Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
• 1914

  The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day’s labor.
• 1940

  FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
• 1974

  Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station
• 1975

  The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
• 1993

  Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last judicial hanging in America).
• 1996

  Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.

• 1855

  King Camp Gillette, American inventor (d. 1932)
• 1866

  Dimitrios Gounaris, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1922)
• 1874

  Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
• 1911

  Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
• 1917

  Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat and socialite (d. 2006)
• 1923

  Sam Phillips, American music producer (d. 2003)
• 1932

  Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher and writer
• 1942

  Charlie Rose, American talk show host
• 1969

  Paul McGillion, Scottish actor
• 1979

  Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer

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