What Day of the Week

October 17, 2018 was the 290^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 75 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 539 BC

  Cyrus the Great marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile. Cyrus allows the Jews to return to Yehud Medinata and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
• 1448

  Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi is defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II.
• 1456

  The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
• 1660

  Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered.
• 1781

  American Revolutionary War: British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
• 1860

  First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
• 1933

  Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
• 1970

  Montreal, Quebec: Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte murdered by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
• 1973

  OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.
• 2010

  Mary MacKillop is canonized (in Rome) and becomes the first saint of Australia.

• 1906

  Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)
• 1918

  Ralph Wilson, American pro football team owner
• 1930

  Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)
• 1938

  Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (d. 2007)
• 1940

  Peter Stringfellow, British nightclub owner
• 1946

  Sir Cameron Mackintosh, British stage producer
• 1947

  Michael McKean, American actor
• 1956

  Mae Jemison, American astronaut and physician
• 1970

  Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
• 1977

  Bryan Bertino, American film director and screenwriter

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