What Day of the Week

April 8, 2022 was the 98^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 267 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 1730

  Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
• 1767

  Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders.
• 1808

  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
• 1895

  In Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
• 1904

  Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• 1935

  The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
• 1950

  India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
• 1952

  U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
• 1953

  Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya’s British rulers.
• 1970

  Bahr el-Baqar incident: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. 46 children are killed.

• 1641

  Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)
• 1906

  Raoul Jobin, French Canadian tenor (d. 1974)
• 1911

  Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. 1995)
• 1912

  Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (d. 1969)
• 1920

  Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. 1994)
• 1946

  Stuart Pankin, American actor
• 1946

  Tim Thomerson, American actor
• 1962

  Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
• 1972

  Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot) (d. 2010)
• 1986

  Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer

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