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

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the st week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1066
Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
1477
Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
The San Francisco steamer sinks, killing 300 people.
An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary damage property and assault occupants in the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
The first One Day International cricket match is held between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.

Who were born on ?

Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1666)
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Mercury Morris, American football player
Charlie Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur
Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
Sabrina Harman, American military figure and accused torturer
Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer
Benoît Vaugrenard, French cyclist
Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
Max Baldry, English actor

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