What day of the week was April 5, 1956?

The day of the week April 5th, 1956 fell on was a Thursday.

Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. In Sri Lanka the the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.