What Day of the Week

October 14, 2021 is the 287^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 78 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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.
• 1840

  The Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British Army and then is sent into exile on the islands of Malta.
• 1920

  Part of Petsamo Province is ceded by the Soviet Union to Finland.
• 1938

  The first flight of the Curtiss Aircraft Company’s P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
• 1939

  The GS U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
• 1956

  Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian Untouchable caste leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
• 1958

  The American Atomic Energy Commission, with supporting military units, carries out an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada.
• 1958

  The District of Columbia’s Bar Association votes to accept African-Americans as member attorneys.
• 1967

  The Vietnam War: The folk singer Joan Baez is arrested concerning a physical blockade of the U.S. Army’s induction center in Oakland, California.
• 1983

  Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada, is overthrown and later executed in a military coup d'état led by Bernard Coard.

• 1790

  Thursday October Christian (d. 1831)
• 1908

  Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (d. 2003)
• 1938

  Ron Lancaster, American-born Canadian football player and coach (d. 2008)
• 1942

  Evelio Javier, Filipino politician and civil servant (d. 1986)
• 1942

  Péter Nádas, Hungarian writer
• 1948

  Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (d. 2007)
• 1952

  Harry Anderson, American actor
• 1957

  Michel Després, Quebec politician
• 1964

  Jim Rome, American sports talk show host
• 1977

  Jonathan Kerrigan, English actor

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