What Day of the Week

April 12, 2020 was the 103^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 263 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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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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• 238

  Gordian II lost the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide.
• 1204

  The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
• 1557

  Cuenca is founded in Ecuador.
• 1820

  Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
• 1934

  The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
• 1945

  U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.
• 1955

  The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• 1970

  Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
• 1994

  Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.
• 2002

  A female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104.

• 1851

  Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer (d. 1928)
• 1852

  Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (d. 1939)
• 1898

  Lily Pons, American soprano (d. 1976)
• 1914

  Armen Alchian, American economist
• 1939

  Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1944

  Georgios Balanos, Greek translator, author and publisher
• 1949

  Scott Turow, American writer
• 1965

  Tom O'Brien, American actor-producer
• 1971

  Nick Hexum, American musician
• 1973

  Claudia Jordan, American model

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