What Day of the Week

April 28, 2019 is the 118^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 247 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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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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• 357

  Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
• 1503

  The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
• 1788

  Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
• 1944

  World War II: Nine German S-boots attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
• 1947

  Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• 1948

  Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center.
• 1952

  The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• 1978

  President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• 1986

  The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
• 2001

  Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world’s first space tourist.

• 1902

  Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
• 1926

  Harper Lee, American author
• 1932

  Brownie Ledbetter, American civil rights activist (d. 2010)
• 1944

  Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
• 1960

  Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
• 1971

  Brad McEwan, Australian journalist
• 1973

  Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
• 1978

  Lauren Laverne, English disc jockey and television presenter
• 1990

  Mario Meraz, Mexican boxer
• 1992

  Jack Taylor, American actor

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