What Day of the Week

April 17, 2018 was the 107^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 258 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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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• 1397

  Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) the start of the book’s pilgrimage to Canterbury.
• 1524

  Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
• 1555

  After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
• 1797

  Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
• 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.
• 1942

  French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
• 1984

  Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People’s Bureau in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.
• 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.

• 1947

  Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player
• 1957

  Susan Roman, Canadian voice actress
• 1964

  Ken Daneyko, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966

  Vikram, Indian actor
• 1972

  Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1973

  Brett Maher, Australian basketballer
• 1980

  Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer/boxer
• 1981

  Zhang Yaokun, Chinese football player
• 1982

  Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model
• 1995

  Paulie Litt, American actor

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