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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 1066

  Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
• 1500

  Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
• 1846

  The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
• 1909

  Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
• 1918

  The Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
• 1933

  Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
• 1969

  Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary damage property and assault occupants in the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
• 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).
• 2003

  Police arrest seven suspects in connection with Wood Green ricin plot.

• 1880

  Nikolay Medtner, Russian composer (d. 1951)
• 1904

  Erica Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995)
• 1904

  Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
• 1911

  Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
• 1921

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)
• 1926

  Hosea Williams, American activist (d. 2000)
• 1930

  Alfred Masini, American television producer (d. 2010)
• 1942

  Terenci Moix, Spanish writer (d. 2003)
• 1968

  Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer and choreographer
• 1971

  Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress

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