What Day of the Week

January 5, 2019 was the 5^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 360 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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.
• 1896

  An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
• 1912

  The Prague Party Conference takes place.
• 1933

  Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
• 1944

  The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
• 1945

  The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
• 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).
• 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.

• 1808

  Anton Füster, Austrian priest and revolutionary activist (d. 1881)
• 1911

  Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001)
• 1931

  Robert Duvall, American actor
• 1950

  Chris Stein, American guitarist (Blondie)
• 1968

  Joé Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972

  Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer
• 1973

  Phil Joel, New Zealand bassist (Newsboys)
• 1975

  Mike Grier, American ice hockey player
• 1988

  Pauline, French singer
• 1999

  Marc Yu, American musician

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