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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• 1675

  Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.
• 1846

  The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
• 1900

  Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
• 1909

  Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
• 1918

  The Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
• 1925

  Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
• 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.
• 2008

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

• 1866

  Dimitrios Gounaris, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1922)
• 1893

  Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian Nazi politician (d. unknown)
• 1908

  George Dolenz, American actor (d. 1963)
• 1909

  Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-born American sculptor, muralist, photographer (d. 1995)
• 1911

  Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
• 1914

  George Reeves, American actor (d. 1959)
• 1924

  Gilbert Bogle, Australian scientist (d. 1963)
• 1975

  Mike Grier, American ice hockey player
• 1975

  Warrick Dunn, American football player
• 1981

  Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby union footballer

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