What Day of the Week

January 6, 2021 was the 6^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 359 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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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• 1118

  Reconquista: Alfonso the Battler conquers Zaragoza.
• 1205

  Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
• 1721

  The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
• 1870

  The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
• 1900

  Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
• 1929

  King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country’s constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• 1947

  Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
• 1951

  Ganghwa massacre: Korean War.
• 1978

  The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
• 2005

  A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.

• 1580

  (baptised) John Smith of Jamestown (d. 1631)
• 1587

  Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645)
• 1899

  Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (d. 1968)
• 1928

  Capucine, French actress (d. 1990)
• 1951

  Kim Wilson, American musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• 1952

  Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor
• 1956

  Angus Deayton, English comedian, actor and television presenter
• 1959

  Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer
• 1960

  Andrea Thompson, American actress
• 1975

  James Farrior, American football player

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