What Day of the Week

April 16, 2018 was the 106^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 259 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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.
• 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.
• 1746

  The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland after the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
• 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.
• 1919

  Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
• 1922

  The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
• 1963

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
• 1992

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

• 1844

  Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
• 1927

  Pope Benedict XVI
• 1939

  Dusty Springfield, English singer (d. 1999)
• 1943

  Ruth Madoc, Welsh actress
• 1947

  Gerry Rafferty, Scottish musician and songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1959

  Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player
• 1976

  Dan Kellner, American fencer
• 1981

  Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer
• 1983

  Cat Osterman, American softball pitcher
• 1993

  Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater

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