What Day of the Week

April 15, 2020 was the 106^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 260 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1638

  Tokugawa shogunate forces put down the Shimabara Rebellion when they retake Hara Castle from the rebels.
• 1715

  Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
• 1865

  Abraham Lincoln dies without regaining consciousness after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.
• 1921

  Black Friday: mine owners announce more wage and price cuts, leading to the threat of a strike all across England.
• 1927

  The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, begins.
• 1936

  First day of the Arab revolt in Palestine.
• 1940

  The Allies begin their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which is occupied by Nazi Germany.
• 1943

  An Allied bomber attack misses the Minerva automobile factory and hits the Belgian town of Mortsel instead, killing 936 civilians.
• 1989

  Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi Final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
• 1989

  Upon Hu Yaobang’s death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in the People’s Republic of China.

• 1892

  Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983)
• 1921

  Angelo DiGeorge, Italian-American pediatric endocrinologist (d. 2009)
• 1940

  Robert Walker Jr., American actor
• 1947

  Lois Chiles, American actress
• 1952

  Sam McMurray, American actor
• 1954

  Seka, American pornographic actress
• 1959

  Fruit Chan, Hong Kong film director
• 1963

  Bobby Pepper, American journalist
• 1968

  Ed O'Brien, British musician (Radiohead)
• 1976

  Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player

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