What Day of the Week

April 29, 2023 was the 119^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 246 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

• 1429

  Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
• 1587

  Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
• 1862

  American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
• 1882

  The “Elektromote” – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin.
• 1945

  World War II – Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Both Hitler and Braun will commit suicide the next day.
• 1945

  World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.
• 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.
• 1974

  Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.
• 1986

  A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
• 1992

  Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

• 1745

  Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
• 1863

  Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (d. 1922)
• 1908

  Jack Williamson, American writer (d. 2006)
• 1922

  Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player
• 1934

  Pedro Pires, 3rd President of Cape Verde
• 1944

  Princess Benedikte of Denmark
• 1945

  Tammi Terrell, American singer (d. 1970)
• 1952

  Nora Dunn, American actress
• 1981

  George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
• 1983

  Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress

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