What Day of the Week

April 27, 2019 is the 117^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 248 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 395

  Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
• 1521

  Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
• 1749

  First performance of Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
• 1861

  President of the United States Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
• 1945

  World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
• 1945

  World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland.
• 1967

  Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
• 1987

  The U.S. Department of Justice bars the Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
• 1994

  South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.

• 1935

  Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker and screenwriter
• 1944

  Herb Pedersen, American musician
• 1944

  Michael Fish, British meteorologist
• 1948

  Kate Pierson, American singer (The B-52's)
• 1966

  Matt Reeves, American film writer, director and producer
• 1968

  Dana Milbank, American reporter and columnist
• 1969

  Cory Booker, American politician
• 1969

  Mica Paris, British singer and presenter
• 1979

  Natasha Chokljat, Australian netballer
• 1984

  Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player

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