What Day of the Week

April 30, 2022 is the 120^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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.

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• 1803

  Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
• 1863

  A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
• 1871

  The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
• 1920

  Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1927

  The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women’s federal prison in the United States.
• 1937

  The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
• 1939

  NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s N.Y. World’s Fair opening day ceremonial address.
• 1947

  In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.
• 1956

  Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming “I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty.”
• 1975

  Fall of Saigon (or Liberation of Saigon from the Communist perspective): Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.

• 1870

  Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
• 1916

  Claude E. Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
• 1928

  Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
• 1934

  Jerry Lordan, British composer and singer (d. 1995)
• 1938

  Gary Collins, American actor
• 1949

  António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1959

  W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
• 1964

  Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur
• 1969

  Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
• 2002

  Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish prince

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