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April 5: Day of the Week
April 5, 2024 was the 96th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 270 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
April 5 Historical Event(s)
1242
During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
1874
Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
1932
Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.
1932
Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
1936
Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
1945
Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip “Tito” Broz signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow “temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory”.
1958
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
1998
In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
2007
Georgia establishes a Provisional Administrative Entity in the disputed region of South Ossetia.
2010
Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
Who were born on April 5?
1604
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
1871
Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1912)
1922
Tom Finney, English footballer
1923
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
1929
Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
1941
Michael Moriarty, American actor
1960
Asteris Koutoulas, Greek/German event and music producer, filmmaker and author
1961
Jim LeRoy, American airshow pilot (d. 2007)
1982
Lacey Duvalle, American pornographic actress
1982
Matt Pickens, American footballer
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