What Day of the Week

January 6, 2020 was the 6^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 360 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1853

  President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
• 1870

  The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
• 1912

  German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• 1929

  King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country’s constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• 1953

  The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
• 1967

  Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch “Operation Deckhouse Five” in the Mekong River delta.
• 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.
• 1995

  A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
• 2005

  American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.
• 2005

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

• 1486

  Martin Agricola, German composer (d. 1556)
• 1822

  Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
• 1848

  Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary figure (d. 1876)
• 1920

  Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (d. 1987)
• 1933

  Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian
• 1944

  Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate
• 1960

  Howie Long, American football player and analyst
• 1974

  Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer
• 1982

  Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality
• 1987

  Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer

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