What Day of the Week

April 21, 2021 was the 111^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 254 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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

Taurus 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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• 900

  The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: the Honourable Namwaran and his children, Lady Angkatan and Bukah, are granted pardon from all their debts by the Commander and Chief of Tundun, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah. Luzon, Philippines.
• 1519

  Hernán Cortés lands in Veracruz, Veracruz
• 1952

  Secretary‘s Day (now Administrative Professionals’Day) is first celebrated.
• 1960

  Brasília, Brazil’s capital, is officially inaugurated. At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
• 1966

  Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• 1970

  The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
• 1982

  Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
• 1989

  Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
• 1993

  The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
• 1994

  The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.

• 1729

  Catherine II of Russia, known as ‘Catherine the Great’(d. 1796)
• 1882

  Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
• 1914

  Norman Panama, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1951

  Michael Hartley Freedman, American mathematician
• 1960

  Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961

  Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower (Olympic gold medallist)
• 1975

  Brian J. White, American actor
• 1979

  James McAvoy, Scottish actor
• 1981

  Stephanie Larimore, American model
• 1987

  Eric Devendorf, American basketball player

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