What Day of the Week
April 12: Day of the Week
April 12, 2023 is the 102nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 263 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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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.
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April 12 Historical Event(s)
- 238Gordian II lost the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide.
- 1861American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1865American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
- 1877The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
- 1917World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- 1934The U.S. Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
- 1934The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
- 1968Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah.
- 1999US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving “intentionally false statements” in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
- 2009Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as their official currency.
Who were born on April 12?
- 1577King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (d. 1648)
- 1722Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d. 1793)
- 1907Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
- 1917Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)
- 1947Dan Lauria, American actor
- 1952Reuben Gant, American professional football player
- 1961Charles Mann, American football player
- 1968Adam Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985Anna-Katharina Samsel, German actress
- 1994Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
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