What Day of the Week

April 17, 2020 was the 108^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 258 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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• 1080

  King of Denmark Harald III dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
• 1521

  Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings.
• 1895

  The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
• 1905

  The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York which holds that the “right to free contract” is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
• 1907

  The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• 1942

  French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
• 1945

  Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from German Nazi forces.
• 1964

  Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
• 1970

  Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
• 1982

  Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

• 1865

  Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (d. 1939)
• 1928

  Cynthia Ozick, American writer
• 1940

  Billy Fury, British singer (d. 1983)
• 1972

  Jarkko Wiss, Finnish Footballer
• 1973

  Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
• 1974

  Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish guitarist and singer (Opeth)
• 1977

  Frederik Magle, Danish composer, organist and pianist
• 1977

  Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist
• 1981

  Ryan Raburn, American baseball player
• 1983

  Stanislav Chistov, Russian hockey player

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