Saturday April 12, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1557
Cuenca is founded in Ecuador.
The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.
The SMS Zrinyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
First flight of the Bristol Blenheim.
The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.
The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) launches on the STS-1 mission.
A suicide bomber penetrated the Green Zone and detonated in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

Who were born on ?

1550
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)
Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1847)
Robert Cliche, Quebec politician and magistrate (d. 1978)
Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003)
Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach
Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler
Claire Danes, American actress
Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast
Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician
Dwayne Smith, West Indian cricketer

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