What Day of the Week

April 28, 2021 was the 118^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 247 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1192

  Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
• 1253

  Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
• 1503

  The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
• 1796

  The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
• 1932

  A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
• 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.
• 1952

  Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.
• 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.
• 1970

  Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.

• 1819

  Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
• 1863

  Josiah Thomas, Australian politician (d. 1933)
• 1889

  António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
• 1912

  Odette Sansom Hallowes, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
• 1924

  Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
• 1941

  Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
• 1941

  Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
• 1944

  Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
• 1960

  Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
• 1968

  Howard Donald, English musician

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