What Day of the Week

April 8, 2020 was the 99^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 267 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1271

  In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
• 1730

  Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
• 1740

  War of Jenkin’s Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa.
• 1904

  The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
• 1945

  World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis.
• 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.
• 1959

  A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• 1975

  Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball’s first African American manager.
• 1975

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

• 1935

  Oscar Zeta Acosta, American attorney, politician, and Chicano Movement activist (d. 1974?)
• 1946

  Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1946

  Tim Thomerson, American actor
• 1955

  Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
• 1962

  Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
• 1966

  Mark Blundell, British racing driver
• 1968

  Patricia Arquette, American actress
• 1974

  Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian American writer
• 1981

  Brian Burres, American baseball player
• 1984

  Júlia Liptáková, Slovak model

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