What Day of the Week

April 24, 2020 was the 115^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 251 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 1479 BC

  Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).
• 1800

  The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress”.
• 1877

  Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
• 1898

  The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• 1913

  The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened.
• 1922

  The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• 1926

  The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• 1963

  Marriage of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent to the Hon Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
• 1971

  Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1.
• 2005

  Snuppy, the world’s first cloned dog, is born in South Korea.

• 1706

  Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian musician (d. 1780)
• 1882

  Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)
• 1899

  Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
• 1954

  Captain Sensible, British guitarist (The Damned)
• 1962

  Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1963

  Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician
• 1966

  Pierre Brassard, Canadian humorist and actor
• 1968

  Mark Vanderloo, Dutch model
• 1975

  Sam Doumit, American actress
• 1982

  Kelly Clarkson, American singer

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