What Day of the Week

April 16, 2021 was the 106^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 259 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 1457 BC

  Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
• 1346

  Dušan the Mighty is proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans.
• 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.
• 1582

  Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
• 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.
• 1925

  During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
• 1945

  The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
• 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.
• 2003

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

• 1682

  John Hadley, British inventor (d. 1744)
• 1827

  Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet (d. 1879)
• 1889

  Charlie Chaplin, English actor and filmmaker (d. 1977)
• 1912

  Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (d. 1997)
• 1924

  Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1976)
• 1935

  Bobby Vinton, American singer
• 1942

  Sir Frank Williams, English Formula One constructor and team principal
• 1952

  Bill Belichick, American football coach
• 1968

  Vickie Guerrero, American professional wrestling personality
• 1986

  Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player

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