What Day of the Week

October 16, 2021 is the 289^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 76 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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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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• 1905

  The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
• 1906

  The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• 1934

  Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman.
• 1939

  World War II: First attack on British territory by the German Luftwaffe.
• 1962

  Cuban Missile Crisis between the United States, and Cuba and the USSR, begins.
• 1978

  Wanda Rutkiewicz is the first Pole and the first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• 1984

  Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1991

  Luby’s massacre: George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20 in Luby’s Cafeteria.
• 1993

  Anti-Nazi riot breaks out in Welling in Kent, after police stop protesters approaching the British National Party headquarters.
• 2006

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

• 1483

  Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (d. 1542)
• 1854

  Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (d. 1900)
• 1878

  Maxie Long, American athlete (d. 1959)
• 1908

  Enver Hoxha, Albanian dictator (d. 1985)
• 1928

  Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress
• 1952

  Ron Taylor, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1958

  Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and writer
• 1962

  Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian baritone
• 1982

  Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player
• 1982

  Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indian Film Actor

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