What Day of the Week

January 7, 2021 was the 7^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 358 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 1325

  Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
• 1558

  France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.
• 1598

  Boris Godunov becomes Czar of Russia.
• 1894

  William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
• 1922

  Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote.
• 1927

  The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, England, United Kingdom.
• 1931

  Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand’s west coast.
• 1952

  President Harry S. Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.
• 1980

  President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• 1990

  The interior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public because of safety concerns.

• 1355

  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)
• 1860

  Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)
• 1871

  Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
• 1903

  Alan Napier, English actor (d. 1988)
• 1928

  William Peter Blatty, American screenwriter
• 1945

  Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya
• 1957

  Nicholson Baker, American novelist
• 1958

  Donna Rice, American sex scandal figure
• 1967

  Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster
• 1975

  Tift Merritt, American singer songwriter

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