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Tuesday April 18, 2023

April 18: Day of the Week

April 18, 2023 was the 108th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 257 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

April 18 Historical Event(s)

  • 1689
    Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
  • 1831
    The University of Alabama is founded.
  • 1897
    The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1899
    The St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
  • 1909
    Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • 1930
    BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day.
  • 1961
    The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
  • 1983
    A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
  • 2007
    A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
  • 2007
    The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.

Who were born on April 18?

  • 1580
    Thomas Middleton, English dramatist (d. 1627)
  • 1740
    Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English merchant banker (d. 1810)
  • 1934
    George Shirley, American tenor
  • 1953
    Rick Moranis, Canadian comedian
  • 1958
    Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (d. 1999)
  • 1961
    Steve Lombardi, American wrestler
  • 1969
    Stefan Schwarz, Swedish footballer
  • 1971
    Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1971
    Tamara Braun, American actress
  • 1979
    Anthony Davidson, British Formula One driver

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