Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 5
January 5, 2024 is the 5th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 361 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 5
- 1675 –Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.
- 1782 –American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
- 1846 –The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
- 1896 –An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
- 1911 –Kappa Alpha Psi, the world’s second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
- 1914 –The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day’s labor.
- 1968 –Alexander Dubček comes to power: “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.
- 1974 –Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59°F (+15°C) recorded at Vanda Station
- 1976 –Ten Protestant civilians are shot dead by a paramilitary group at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (part of The Troubles).
- 1996 –Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
Who were born on January 5?
- 1717 –William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
- 1778 –Zebulon Pike, American explorer (d. 1813)
- 1866 –Dimitrios Gounaris, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1922)
- 1904 –Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
- 1936 –Florence King, American humorist
- 1949 –George Brown, American drummer (Kool & The Gang)
- 1950 –Chris Stein, American guitarist (Blondie)
- 1960 –Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)
- 1978 –Franck Montagny, French Formula One driver
- 1985 –Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
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