What Day of the Week

October 15, 2021 is the 288^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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

  Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
• 1894

  The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
• 1917

  World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire.
• 1940

  The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed.
• 1945

  World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.
• 1951

  Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first two oral contraceptives.
• 1969

  Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation’s capitol.
• 1997

  The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
• 2003

  The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.
• 2011

  Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries.

• 1471

  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)
• 1878

  Paul Reynaud, French politician (d. 1966)
• 1905

  C. P. Snow, British writer (d. 1980)
• 1920

  Mario Puzo, American novelist (d. 1999)
• 1930

  Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
• 1948

  Chris de Burgh, Irish singer and songwriter
• 1959

  Alex Paterson, English musician, co-founder of ambient group The Orb
• 1966

  Ilse Huizinga, Dutch jazz singer
• 1969

  Dominic West, British actor
• 1981

  Keyshia Cole, American R&B singer

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