What Day of the Week

April 18, 2021 was the 108^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 257 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 1738

  Real Academia de la Historia (“Royal Academy of History”) is founded in Madrid.
• 1831

  The University of Alabama is founded.
• 1848

  American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
• 1936

  The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1949

  The aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
• 1955

  29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• 1974

  The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port.
• 1981

  The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.
• 1988

  The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• 1996

  In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.

• 1880

  Sam Crawford, baseball player (d. 1968)
• 1902

  Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Hasidic Judaism leader (d. 1994)
• 1919

  Virginia O'Brien, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
• 1924

  Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, American musician (d. 2005)
• 1930

  Clive Revill, New Zealand born actor
• 1968

  David Hewlett, English born Canadian actor
• 1981

  Milan Jovanović, Serbian footballer
• 1986

  Billy Butler, American baseball player
• 1987

  Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British model
• 1989

  Simas Buterlevičius, Lithuanian basketball player

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