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.

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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.
• 1492

  Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
• 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.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
• 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.
• 1951

  The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
• 1961

  Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

• 1820

  Alexander Joy Cartwright, Inventor of the Modern Game of Baseball (d. 1892)
• 1891

  George Adamski, Polish-American author and ufologist (d. 1965)
• 1917

  Bill Clements, American politician
• 1918

  William Holden, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1939

  Robert Miller, American art dealer (d. 2011)
• 1972

  Gary Bennett, American baseball player
• 1972

  Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1977

  Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist
• 1980

  Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player
• 1982

  Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model

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