What Day of the Week

April 9, 2019 was the 99^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 266 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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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• 475

  Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
• 1511

  St John’s College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.
• 1609

  Eighty Years’ War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
• 1860

  On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
• 1916

  World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• 1917

  World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• 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.
• 1937

  The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London – it is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
• 1961

  The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
• 2003

  2003 invasion of Iraq: Baghdad falls to American forces;Saddam Hussein statue topples as Iraqis turn on symbols of their former leader, pulling down the statue and tearing it to pieces.

• 1835

  King Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
• 1882

  Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (d. 1946)
• 1903

  Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960)
• 1906

  Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996)
• 1934

  Bill Birch, New Zealand politician
• 1945

  Peter Gammons, American sports journalist
• 1953

  Hal Ketchum, American musician
• 1961

  Kirk McCaskill, pro baseball and hockey player
• 1964

  Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author
• 1989

  Danielle Kahle, American figure skater

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