Sunday, January 5, 2938 is a Sunday. It is day 5 of 2938 (1.4% through the year), ISO week 1, in Q1.
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On January 5, 2938, we mark the 5th day of the year, with the moon in its Waxing Gibbous phase and the zodiac sign being Capricorn. Today is also a day of celebration for several notable figures, including Charles of Mount Argus, John Neumann, Pope Telesphorus, and Simeon Stylites, as recognized by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox liturgics. Looking back at historical events on this day, we note significant occurrences in recent years. In 2009, a landmark court decision in Singapore established the "reasonable nexus" principle for equality before the law. Other notable events include the re-election of Mikheil Saakashvili as President of Georgia in 2008, the opening of the Taiwan High Speed Rail in 2007, the discovery of the dwarf planet Eri...
On January 5, 2938, we mark the 5th day of the year, with the moon in its Waxing Gibbous phase and the zodiac sign being Capricorn.
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Historical Milestones
In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.
Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General →Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.
Mikheil Saakashvili →The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.
Taiwan High Speed Rail →The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.
Dwarf planet →The Metropolitan Police arrested six people in conjunction with an alleged terrorist plot to release ricin on the London Underground, although no toxin was found.
Metropolitan Police →Sri Lankan Tamil politician Kumar Ponnambalam was killed in an assassination suspected to have been sanctioned by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Sri Lankan Tamils →Georgian troops attacked Tskhinvali, the South Ossetian capital, beginning the First South Ossetia War.
Tskhinvali →The embassy of the United States to Somalia was evacuated by helicopter airlift days after violence enveloped Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War.
Embassy of the United States, Mogadishu →The Troubles: In response to the killings of six Catholics the previous night, South Armagh Republican Action Force gunmen killed ten Protestants in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
The Troubles →The bulk carrier Lake Illawarra struck a bridge over the River Derwent in Hobart, Australia, causing the deaths of seven of the ship's crewmen and five motorists on the bridge.
SS Lake Illawarra →A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.
1970 Tonghai earthquake →In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."
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Questions & Answers
Sunday, January 5, 2938 falls on a Sunday.
in 332,825 days (in 911 years, 2 months, 28 days). It is day 5 of 2938 with 360 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Sunday, January 5, 2938 is written as V.I.MMCMXXXVIII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Gibbous (approx. 94% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Capricorn.