What Day of the Week

April 9, 2018 was the 99^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 266 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1241

  Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
• 1585

  The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
• 1609

  Eighty Years’ War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
• 1918

  World War I: The Battle of the Lys – the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
• 1940

  World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
• 1945

  World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
• 1948

  Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
• 1965

  Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
• 1967

  The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
• 1992

  John Major’s Conservative Party wins an unprecedented fourth general election victory in the United Kingdom.

• 1597

  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)
• 1897

  John B. Gambling, American radio talk show host (d. 1974)
• 1903

  Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960)
• 1915

  Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian politician (d. 1968)
• 1933

  Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor
• 1943

  Terry Knight, American music promoter (d. 2004)
• 1944

  Joe Brinkman, American Major League Umpire
• 1964

  Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author
• 1984

  Linda Chung, Canadian/Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1987

  Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer

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