What Day of the Week

October 11, 2020 was the 285^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 81 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1634

  The Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
• 1890

  In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
• 1910

  Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright Brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1942

  World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance – On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
• 1958

  Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
• 1968

  Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
• 1976

  George Washington’s appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
• 1986

  Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.
• 1996

  Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.

• 1786

  Stevenson Archer, American Congressman (d. 1848)
• 1936

  Tom Zé, Brazilian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer
• 1942

  Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
• 1947

  Lucas Papademos, Greek economist
• 1948

  Cecilia, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 1976)
• 1968

  Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
• 1969

  Stephen Moyer, British actor
• 1979

  Bae Doona, South Korean model and actress
• 1980

  Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
• 1993

  Sean Murray, Irish footballer

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