What Day of the Week

April 10, 2019 is the 100^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 265 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 1606

  The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
• 1815

  The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth’s climate for the next two years.
• 1858

  The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner’s of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and is recast into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date.
• 1865

  American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
• 1868

  At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.
• 1919

  Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
• 1953

  Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.
• 1963

  129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
• 1972

  Seventy-four nations sign the Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of biological weapons.
• 1972

  Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.

• 1806

  Juliette Drouet, French actress (d. 1883)
• 1827

  Lew Wallace, American Civil War figure and novelist (d. 1905)
• 1921

  Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1934

  David Halberstam, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 1939

  Claudio Magris, Italian author
• 1942

  Ian Callaghan, English footballer
• 1957

  Steven Gustafson, American musician (10,000 Maniacs)
• 1960

  Terry Teagle, American basketball player
• 1970

  Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
• 1974

  Henning Wehn, German comedian

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