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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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).
• 1918

  First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.
• 1932

  Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
• 1953

  Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1957

  Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• 1967

  Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
• 1967

  Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had “gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.”
• 1990

  Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
• 1990

  STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
• 2006

  King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.

• 1620

  John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography (d. 1674)
• 1882

  Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)
• 1948

  Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada
• 1954

  Mumia Abu-Jamal, American Civil Rights activist, journalist of The Black Panthers
• 1957

  Boris Williams, British musician (The Cure)
• 1966

  Pierre Brassard, Canadian humorist and actor
• 1968

  Stacy Haiduk, American actress
• 1969

  Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
• 1971

  Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer
• 1981

  Dusty Anderson, American pro wrestler

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