What Day of the Week

April 5, 2021 was the 95^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 270 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Aries 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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• 1566

  Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II.
• 1932

  Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
• 1936

  Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• 1942

  World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
• 1956

  Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
• 1958

  Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
• 1969

  Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
• 1992

  Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
• 1998

  In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
• 1999

  Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.

• 1908

  Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
• 1917

  Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
• 1929

  Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1937

  Allan R. Thieme, American inventor
• 1941

  Michael Moriarty, American actor
• 1966

  Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam)
• 1972

  Pat Green, American singer and songwriter
• 1982

  Alexandre Prémat, French racing driver
• 1982

  Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
• 1990

  Sophia Papamichalopoulou, Cypriot skier

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