What Day of the Week

April 29, 2020 was the 120^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 246 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 1587

  Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Maryland’s House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
• 1864

  Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the Civil War.
• 1903

  A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
• 1916

  Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
• 1946

  Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.
• 1965

  Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
• 1967

  After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
• 1975

  Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
• 1991

  A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.

• 1810

  Thomas Adolphus Trollope, British author and journalist, (d. 1892)
• 1929

  Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer
• 1932

  Joy Clements, American soprano (d. 2005)
• 1936

  Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor
• 1955

  Leslie Jordan, American actor
• 1957

  Timothy Treadwell, American ecologist (d. 2003)
• 1960

  Phil King, British bassist
• 1970

  Andre Agassi, American tennis player
• 1975

  Béres Zoo, Hungarian radio DJ
• 1975

  Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player

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