What Day of the Week

April 26, 2019 is the 116^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 1865

  American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for most states.
• 1865

  Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia.
• 1925

  Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
• 1933

  The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
• 1942

  Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
• 1945

  World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army was liberated in Baguio City and they fought against the Japanese forces under by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
• 1954

  The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
• 1982

  57 people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.
• 1989

  The deadliest tornado in world history strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
• 1994

  China Airlines flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

• 1785

  John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. 1851)
• 1933

  Carol Burnett, American comedian
• 1938

  Duane Eddy, American musician
• 1952

  Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress and stunt performer
• 1959

  John Corabi, American musician
• 1961

  Joan Chen, Chinese-born actress
• 1963

  Colin Scotts, Australian-born American football player
• 1974

  Adil Ray, British radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)
• 1979

  Ariane Moffatt, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1982

  Jon Lee, British singer (S Club)

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