What Day of the Week

April 30, 2020 was the 121^st day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 245 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 1006

  Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
• 1789

  On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
• 1812

  The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
• 1904

  The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1927

  Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
• 1927

  The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women’s federal prison in the United States.
• 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.”
• 1993

  Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany
• 1999

  Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the number of members to 10.
• 2008

  Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.

• 1777

  Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
• 1869

  Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
• 1901

  Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
• 1926

  Cloris Leachman, American actress
• 1933

  Dickie Davies, British television presenter
• 1933

  Willie Nelson, American musician
• 1957

  Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
• 1967

  Steven Mackintosh, British actor
• 1977

  Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
• 1985

  Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl

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