What Day of the Week

April 16, 2020 is the 107^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1521

  Martin Luther’s first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.
• 1847

  The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.
• 1853

  The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
• 1862

  American Civil War: The Battle at Lee’s Mills in Virginia.
• 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.
• 1912

  Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• 1945

  The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
• 1947

  Bernard Baruch coins the term “Cold War” to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• 1992

  The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.

• 1867

  Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1912)
• 1878

  Tip Foster, English cricketer (d. 1914)
• 1889

  Charlie Chaplin, English actor and filmmaker (d. 1977)
• 1895

  Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer (d. 1948)
• 1951

  Mordechai Ben David, American Yiddish singer
• 1965

  Jon Cryer, American actor
• 1965

  Michael Wong Man Tak, Hong Kong actor and director
• 1970

  Walt Williams, American basketball player
• 1971

  Max Beesley, English musician and actor
• 1990

  Lorraine Nicholson, American actress

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