What Day of the Week

April 2, 2021 was the 92^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 273 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 1800

  Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
• 1865

  American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
• 1900

  The Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• 1902

  Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
• 1917

  World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• 1945

  Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
• 1956

  As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• 1972

  Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
• 2002

  Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated. A siege ensues.
• 2004

  Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.

• 1527

  Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
• 1884

  Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958)
• 1923

  Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge (d. 2007)
• 1928

  Prof David Robinson, Irish horticulturist (d. 2004)
• 1932

  Edward Egan, Cardinal-Archbishop Emeritus of New York
• 1934

  Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1934

  Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
• 1960

  Linford Christie, English athlete
• 1966

  Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• 1983

  Yung Joc, American rapper

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