What Day of the Week

October 12, 2020 was the 286^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 80 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1398

  The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights, who received Samogitia.
• 1793

  The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina
• 1822

  Peter I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor of the Brazil
• 1901

  President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the “Executive Mansion” to the White House.
• 1928

  An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
• 1933

  The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice
• 1968

  Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain
• 1988

  Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down executional style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
• 1991

  Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republic’s Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.
• 1997

  Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria; 43 killed at a fake roadblock.

• 1576

  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)
• 1893

  Velvalee Dickinson, American spy (d. 1980)
• 1935

  Don Howe, English football player and manager
• 1955

  Ante Gotovina, Croatian general
• 1955

  Jane Siberry, Canadian musician
• 1960

  Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor
• 1962

  John Coleman, English football manager and player
• 1969

  Judit Mascó, Spanish model
• 1991

  Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer
• 1992

  Taylor Horn, American singer

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