What Day of the Week

April 5, 2023 is the 95^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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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• 1609

  Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
• 1792

  U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
• 1804

  High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
• 1818

  In the Battle of Maipú, Chile’s independence movement – led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín – win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
• 1900

  Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• 1923

  Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
• 1946

  Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation.
• 1971

  In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
• 1976

  In the People’s Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
• 2010

  Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.

• 1752

  Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
• 1869

  Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)
• 1909

  Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (d. 1996)
• 1922

  Tom Finney, English footballer
• 1923

  Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
• 1934

  Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000)
• 1937

  Colin Powell, U.S. Army General, 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and 65th Secretary of State
• 1974

  Sahaj Ticotin, American musician/producer (Ra)
• 1976

  Ross Gload, American baseball player
• 1982

  Lacey Duvalle, American pornographic actress

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