January 5th (1979) was a Friday. It's the 4th day of the year (5th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 361 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on January 5 in 1979
» Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
» Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
January 5th Famous Deaths for 1979
» Billy Bletcher, American actor (b. 1894)
» Charles Mingus, American bassist and composer (b. 1922)
January 5th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
» John Neumann (Catholic Church)
» Pope Telesphorus
» Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)
» January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» The Twelfth Twelve Days of Christmas or day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night (holiday) or Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)