What Day of the Week

October 12, 2021 is the 285^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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 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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• 539 BC

  The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon.
• 1216

  King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
• 1654

  The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
• 1915

  World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
• 1928

  An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
• 1944

  World War II: The Liberation of Athens from the German invaders.
• 1964

  The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits
• 1968

  Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain
• 1991

  Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republic’s Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.
• 1999

  The Day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.

• 1801

  Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss statesman (d. 1873)
• 1934

  Richard Meier, American architect
• 1942

  Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter (Black Panther Party) (d. 1969)
• 1942

  Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress and singer
• 1955

  Aggie MacKenzie, Scottish television presenter
• 1966

  Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor
• 1975

  Ahmad, American rapper
• 1978

  Baden Cooke, Australian cyclist
• 1979

  Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory)
• 1983

  Alex Brosque, Australian soccer player

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