What Day of the Week

January 5, 2021 was the 5^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 360 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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.
• 1909

  Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
• 1913

  First Balkan War: During the Naval Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
• 1933

  Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
• 1940

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

  An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
• 1974

  Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station
• 1993

  Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the last judicial hanging in America).
• 2008

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

• 1548

  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)
• 1879

  Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)
• 1904

  Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
• 1917

  Wieland Wagner, German stage director (d. 1966)
• 1931

  Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist
• 1942

  Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader
• 1942

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

  Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor
• 1988

  Pauline, French singer
• 1991

  Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer

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