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April 28: Day of the Week
April 28, 2024 is the 119th day of the year 2024 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.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
April 28 Historical Event(s)
357
Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
1792
France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War.
1887
A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, Alsatian police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of German Emperor William I, defusing a possible war.
1930
The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
1970
Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
1975
General Cao Van Vien, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
1977
The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
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.
2008
A train collision in Shandong, China, kills 72 people and injures 416 more.
Who were born on April 28?
1911
Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
1943
Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
1960
Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
1961
Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
1965
Steven Blum, American voice actor
1968
Howard Donald, English musician
1972
Joseph Bruce, American musician (Insane Clown Posse)
1974
Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer
1979
Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
1990
Mario Meraz, Mexican boxer
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters LHJYACOGEII? Check your answers here: Word scramble LHJYACOGEII. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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