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April 12: Day of the Week
April 12, 2024 was the 103rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 263 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 12 Historical Event(s)
1204
The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
1633
The formal inquest of Galileo Galilei by the Inquisition begins.
1831
Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.
1862
American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurred, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
1927
April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
1955
The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
1968
Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.
1981
The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) launches on the STS-1 mission.
1990
Jim Gary’s “Twentieth Century Dinosaurs” exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
2010
A train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
Who were born on April 12?
1577
King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (d. 1648)
1869
Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922)
1907
Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator (d. 1979)
1919
Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1924
Raymond Barre, French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007)
1930
Manuel Neri, American artist
1932
Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2005)
1950
Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1)
1957
Greg Child, Australian mountaineer
1979
Jennifer Morrison, American actress and model
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