Thursday

Thursday, by international standard, is the fourth day of the week, falling between Wednesday and Friday. In countries that adopt a Sunday-first convention, it is commonly considered the fifth day of the week. (see Days of the week for more on the different conventions.)

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The name Thursday comes from the Old English ?unresd?g, meaning the day of ?unor, commonly known in Modern English as Thor, the Norse god of thunder. Thor replaced the Roman god of thunder, Jupiter, as the namesake of the fourth day of the week after the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Rome.

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By some conventions (see ISO 8601), the Thursdays of a year determine

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the week numbering: week 1 is defined as the week that contains the first

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Thursday of the year, and so on.

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Wednesday: Wednesday is considered either the third or the fourth day of the week, between Tuesday and Thursday. The name comes from the Old English Wodnesd?g meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden, also known by the Norse variant Odin in Modern English. The astrological sign of the planet Mercury represent...

Friday: Friday is the fifth day of the week, falling between Thursday and Saturday. In countries that adopt a Sunday-first convention, it is commonly considered the sixth day of the week. (see Days of the week for more on the different conventions.)...

Days of the week: In English the days of the week are:...

Thursday related Images and Photos (experimental)

Women's: Thursday - Shepard	Women's: Thursday - Shepard	Pigs Compete Swimming Race at Pig Olympics Thursday April 14 2005 in Shanghai China	Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday
Pigs Compete the Obstacle Race at Pig Olympics Thursday April 14 2005 in Shanghai China	Cuban Girls Run in a Street in Havana Cuba Thursday August 10 2006	A Camel from Doug Baum's Herd is Shown in Valley Mills Texas Thursday July 13 2006	Shooting Wild Turkey to Celebrate Thanksgiving on the Fourth Thursday in November
Royal Palace Guard Stands During Coronation Ceremonies in Phnom Penh Thursday October 28 2004	Roland a One-Year-Old Domestic Rat is Held at the Mspca in Boston Thursday May 26 2005	A Great Blue Heron Stalks Its Prey in Marsh in East Montpelier Vermont Thursday August 23 2001	Chickens are Shown in Cages at Whiting Farms in Delta Colorado on Thursday June 8 2006