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Monday, January 27, 2014
"The name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning the "day of Frigg", a result of an old convention associating the Old English goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess Venus, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday
Friday in different languages,
Freitag, 金曜日, пятница, 금요일, วันศุกร์, 星期五星期五, 星期五, vendredi, and Dé hAoine.
Greman, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Thai, Chinese {Traditional}, Chinese {Simplified}, French, and Irish.
https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#en/ga/friday