What Day of the Week

October 15, 2020 is the 289^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1783

  The Montgolfier brothers’ hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon).
• 1793

  Queen Marie-Antoinette of France is tried and convicted in a swift, pre-determined trial in the Palais de Justice, Paris, and condemned to death the following day.
• 1863

  American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.
• 1878

  The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• 1888

  The “From Hell” letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
• 1894

  The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
• 1928

  The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• 1939

  The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1865

  Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (d. 1945)
• 1882

  Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (d. 1941)
• 1906

  Hiram Leong Fong, American politician (d. 2004)
• 1968

  Didier Deschamps, French footballer
• 1969

  Dominic West, British actor
• 1974

  Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
• 1976

  Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
• 1981

  Abram Elam, American football player
• 1982

  Charline Labonté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990

  Ji Yoon, South Korean singer (4minute)

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