What Day of the Week

April 19, 2021 was the 109^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 256 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1810

  Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• 1892

  Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
• 1927

  Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
• 1943

  World War II: In Poland, German troops enter the Warsaw ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, beginning the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
• 1950

  Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1955

  The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States, founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network.
• 1961

  The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in success for the defenders.
• 1997

  The Red River Flood of 1997 overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
• 2005

  His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger is elected the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope John Paul II. The new Pope takes on the regnal name Benedict XVI.

• 1686

  Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)
• 1721

  Roger Sherman, American statesman and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1793)
• 1772

  David Ricardo, English political economist (d. 1823)
• 1785

  Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (d. 1858)
• 1894

  Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (d. 1966)
• 1937

  Elinor Donahue, American actress
• 1949

  Paloma Picasso daughter of artist Pablo Picasso
• 1968

  Mswati III, King of Swaziland
• 1986

  Karlee Pérez, American professional wrestler and manager
• 1987

  Daniel Schuhmacher, German singer

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