What Day of the Week

October 10, 2021 is the 283^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 82 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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.
• 1631

  A Saxon army takes over Prague.
• 1845

  In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.
• 1911

  The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.
• 1933

  United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
• 1957

  The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world’s first major nuclear accident.
• 1957

  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
• 1964

  The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.
• 2008

  The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.
• 2010

  The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

• 1830

  Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)
• 1837

  Robert Gould Shaw, American Army officer (d. 1863)
• 1870

  Louise Mack, Australian writer (d. 1935)
• 1901

  Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)
• 1943

  Frederick Barthelme, American author
• 1946

  Naoto Kan, Japanese politician
• 1965

  Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress
• 1979

  Wu Chun, Brunei born Taiwanese actor and singer
• 1980

  Blaž Emeršič, Slovenian ice hockey player
• 1983

  Nikos Spyropoulos, Greek footballer

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