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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• 1500

  Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
• 1554

  A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• 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

  An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
• 1976

  Ten Protestant civilians are shot dead by a paramilitary group at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (part of The Troubles).
• 1976

  The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
• 1991

  Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War.
• 1993

  The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
• 1996

  Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
• 2008

  Mikheil Saakashvili wins his second term as President of Georgia in the snap election.

• 1876

  Konrad Adenauer, German statesman (d. 1967)
• 1885

  Humbert Wolfe, Italian-born British poet (d. 1940)
• 1923

  Sam Phillips, American music producer (d. 2003)
• 1953

  George Tenet, American civil servant, university professor and 18th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1953

  Steve Archer, American singer (The Archers)
• 1956

  Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian mountaineer
• 1981

  Joel Thomas Zimmerman, Canadian musician
• 1986

  J. P. Arencibia, American baseball player
• 1986

  Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer
• 1987

  Kristin Cavallari, American actress

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