What Day of the Week

April 17, 2019 was the 107^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 258 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
• 1907

  The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• 1944

  Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People’s Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
• 1951

  The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
• 1969

  Czechoslovakian Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
• 1969

  Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
• 1970

  Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
• 1971

  The People’s Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.

• 1794

  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (d. 1868)
• 1816

  Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder (d. 1876)
• 1882

  Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (d. 1951)
• 1948

  Jan Hammer, Czech composer
• 1972

  Yuichi Nishimura, Japan referee football player
• 1974

  Victoria Beckham, English singer (Spice Girls)
• 1977

  Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon)
• 1982

  Brad Boyes, Canadian hockey player
• 1985

  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player
• 1990

  Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer

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