What Day of the Week

April 26, 2021 is the 116^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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

  Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia.
• 1923

  The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
• 1926

  Spanish tonadilla singer Raquel Meller appears on the cover of Time magazine.
• 1937

  Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika in Basque), Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
• 1946

  Naperville train disaster kills 47.
• 1960

  Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after twelve years of dictatorial rule.
• 1963

  In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
• 1966

  A new government is formed in the Republic of Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
• 1982

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

  People’s Daily publishes the People’s Daily editorial of April 26 which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests

• 1538

  Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d. 1600)
• 1804

  Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)
• 1898

  John Grierson, British filmmaker (d. 1972)
• 1932

  Israr Ahmed, Pakistani Muslim religious scholar (d. 2010)
• 1942

  Bobby Rydell, American singer
• 1958

  Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer
• 1959

  John Corabi, American musician
• 1961

  Chris Mars, American rock drummer (The Replacements)
• 1979

  Ariane Moffatt, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1989

  Daesung, Korean singer (Big Bang)

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