What Day of the Week

October 16, 2020 is the 290^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 76 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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• 1384

  Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
• 1781

  George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia after the Siege of Yorktown.
• 1875

  Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
• 1882

  The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
• 1949

  Nikolaos Zachariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a “temporary cease-fire”, effectively ending the Greek Civil War.
• 1970

  In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act.
• 1978

  Wanda Rutkiewicz is the first Pole and the first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• 1995

  The Million Man March occurs in Washington, D.C.
• 1995

  The Skye Bridge is opened.
• 2006

  Hawaii Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.

• 1663

  Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)
• 1888

  Paul Popenoe, American activist (d. 1979)
• 1928

  Mary Daly, American feminist philosopher and theologian (d. 2010)
• 1956

  Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet (d. 1992)
• 1959

  Brian Harper, American baseball player
• 1961

  Randy Vasquez, American actor
• 1963

  Brendan Kibble, Australian musician
• 1985

  Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1986

  Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer
• 1986

  Nicky Adams, Welsh footballer

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