Friday January 5, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 5: Day of the Week

January 5, 2024 was the 5th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 361 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

January 5 Historical Event(s)

1500
Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
1781
American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
1846
The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
1854
The San Francisco steamer sinks, killing 300 people.
1900
Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
1911
Kappa Alpha Psi, the world’s second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
1945
The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
1968
Alexander Dubček comes to power: “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.
1972
U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
1996
Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.

Who were born on January 5?

1696
Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757)
1855
King Camp Gillette, American inventor (d. 1932)
1885
Humbert Wolfe, Italian-born British poet (d. 1940)
1900
Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955)
1915
Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian cartographer (d. 2004)
1929
Wilbert Harrison, American singer (d. 1994)
1932
Chuck Noll, American football coach
1943
Mary Gaudron, Australian jurist
1968
Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor
1969
Marilyn Manson, American singer

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