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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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.
• 1178 BC

  The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus’ return home from the Trojan War.
• 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.
• 1818

  The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
• 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.
• 1908

  Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• 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.
• 1962

  Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become “the most trusted man in America”.
• 1990

  The “Doctor of Death”, Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.

• 1848

  Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social reformer (d. 1919)
• 1922

  Kingsley Amis, English author (d. 1995)
• 1922

  Pat Peppler, American pro football coach and executive
• 1943

  Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (d. 2000)
• 1951

  Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian writer and photographer
• 1956

  Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
• 1960

  Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager
• 1972

  Conchita Martínez, Spanish tennis player
• 1975

  Sean Maher, American actor
• 1981

  Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer

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