What Day of the Week

April 17, 2020 is the 108^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 69

  After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
• 1080

  King of Denmark Harald III dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
• 1897

  The Aurora, Texas UFO incident
• 1912

  Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• 1941

  World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
• 1942

  French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
• 1946

  Syria obtains its Independence from the French occupation.
• 1964

  Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
• 1986

  The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years’ War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ends.
• 2006

  Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70.

• 1586

  John Ford, English dramatist
• 1837

  J. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913)
• 1866

  Ernest Starling, British physiologist (d. 1927)
• 1884

  Leo Frank, American victim of lynching (d. 1915)
• 1947

  Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player
• 1957

  Susan Roman, Canadian voice actress
• 1972

  Tony Boselli, American football player
• 1979

  Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor
• 1980

  Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player
• 1983

  Roberto Jimenez, Peruvian football player

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