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April 7: Day of the Week
April 7, 2024 was the 98th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 268 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
April 7 Historical Event(s)
1724
Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
1805
Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
1831
D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King D. Pedro IV.
1890
Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
1927
First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
1943
Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka where they are shot dead and buried in ditches.
1943
Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the WWII Axis Occupation.
1978
Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
1992
Republika Srpska announces its independence.
2009
Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
Who were born on April 7?
1718
Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800)
1935
Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician
1936
Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist
1938
Jerry Brown, American politician
1945
Werner Schroeter, German film director
1946
Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
1961
Thurl Bailey, American basketball player
1979
Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
1982
Sonjay Dutt, American professional wrestler
1988
Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters NUFIRZXIRIV? Check your answers here: Word scramble NUFIRZXIRIV. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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