What Day of the Week

October 10, 2020 is the 284^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 19

  Roman general Germanicus suddenly dies in Antioch under mysterious circumstances. Roman historian Tactius records that Germanicus was poisoned by Syrian Governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso under orders from Roman Emperor Tiberius.
• 1575

  Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1860

  The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
• 1944

  Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
• 1957

  The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world’s first major nuclear accident.
• 1967

  The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.
• 1972

  The 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, killing 48, occurs due to foggy conditions. The accident’s response pushes for changes in Chicago commuter rail, such as brightly colored ends on the cars.
• 1973

  Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
• 1998

  A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

• 1895

  Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (d. 1935)
• 1930

  Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (d. 1970)
• 1936

  Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist, Nobel laureate, 2007.
• 1942

  Radu Vasile, Romanian Prime Minister
• 1943

  Frederick Barthelme, American author
• 1948

  Séverine, French singer
• 1961

  Henrik Jørgensen, Danish marathon runner
• 1979

  Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
• 1981

  Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer
• 1987

  Ryan Mathews, American football player

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