What Day of the Week

April 21, 2019 is the 111^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 254 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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).
• 43 BC

  Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
• 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.
• 1934

  The “Surgeon’s Photograph”, the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
• 1964

  A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 lb of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
• 1966

  Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• 1967

  Greek military junta of 1967–1974: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
• 1987

  The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo, killing 106 people.

• 1905

  Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, Governor of California (d. 1996)
• 1915

  Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born American actor (d. 2001)
• 1920

  Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)
• 1958

  Michael Zarnock, American author and columnist
• 1963

  Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor
• 1965

  Gary Grant, American basketball player
• 1966

  Michael Franti, American musician
• 1973

  Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian athlete
• 1980

  Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian hockey player
• 1986

  Alexander Edler, Swedish hockey player

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