What Day of the Week

April 8, 2021 was the 98^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 267 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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.
• 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.
• 1866

  Italy and Prussia ally against Austrian Empire.
• 1916

  In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three, and badly injuring five, spectators.
• 1942

  World War II: Siege of Leningrad – Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
• 1942

  World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
• 1954

  A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collided with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
• 1975

  President Richard Nixon signs into law federal legislation authorizing the establishment of Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota.
• 1987

  Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
• 1992

  Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.

• 1859

  Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938)
• 1905

  Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971)
• 1914

  María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
• 1926

  Henry N. Cobb, American architect
• 1943

  Tony Banks, British politician (d. 2006)
• 1947

  Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR)
• 1955

  Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
• 1981

  Brian Burres, American baseball player
• 1981

  Frédérick Bousquet, French swimmer
• 1984

  Taran Noah Smith, American actor

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