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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• 753 BC

  Romulus and Remus founded Rome (traditional date).
• 1519

  Hernán Cortés lands in Veracruz, Veracruz
• 1792

  Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil’s independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
• 1809

  Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
• 1836

  Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto – Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
• 1942

  World War II: The most famous (and first international) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore (with 25 fellow Texas A&M graduates who are under his command), while 1.8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.
• 1963

  The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
• 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.
• 2004

  Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.

• 1887

  Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (d. 1978)
• 1904

  Odilo Globocnik, Austrian Nazi (d. 1945)
• 1912

  Marcel Camus, French film director (d. 1982)
• 1944

  Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball coach
• 1958

  Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist
• 1962

  Les Lancaster, American baseball player
• 1963

  John Cameron Mitchell, American film director
• 1964

  Alex Baumann, Canadian swimmer
• 1965

  Fiona Kelleghan, American academic and critic
• 1978

  Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish)

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