What Day of the Week

April 16, 2019 was the 106^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 259 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1799

  Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
• 1863

  American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
• 1917

  Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
• 1919

  Gandhi organizes a day of “prayer and fasting” in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.
• 1944

  Allied forces started bombing of Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
• 1945

  More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo.
• 1947

  Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• 1953

  Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht Ship HMY.
• 2001

  India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
• 2003

  The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.

• 1800

  George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, British soldier (d. 1888)
• 1924

  Sir John Harvey-Jones, British industrialist (d. 2008)
• 1929

  Ed Townsend, American singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
• 1954

  John Bowe, Australian racing driver
• 1959

  Robert Casilla, American artist and illustrator
• 1969

  Patrik Järbyn, Swedish alpine ski racer
• 1970

  Walt Williams, American basketball player
• 1976

  Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress
• 1979

  Christijan Albers, Dutch Formula One driver
• 1983

  Marié Digby, American singer

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