What Day of the Week

October 17, 2020 is the 291^st day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1604

  Kepler’s Star: German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus.
• 1771

  Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Wolfgang Mozart, age 15.
• 1806

  Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
• 1814

  London Beer Flood occurs in London, killing nine.
• 1912

  Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
• 1945

  A massive number of people, headed by CGT and Evita, gather in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina to demand Juan Peron’s release. It calls “el día de la lealtad peronista” (peronista loyalty day)
• 1945

  Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens becomes Prime Minister of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King Georgios II to Greece.
• 1956

  The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England.
• 2003

  The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 56 m and become the World’s tallest highrise.
• 2010

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

• 1921

  George Mackay Brown, Scottish Poet (d.1996)
• 1930

  Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)
• 1931

  Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer
• 1938

  Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (d. 2007)
• 1942

  Gary Puckett, American musician
• 1947

  Michael McKean, American actor
• 1950

  Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
• 1951

  Shari Ulrich, Canadian musician-songwriter, member of Pied Pumkin and UHF
• 1966

  Mark Gatiss, English actor and writer
• 1969

  Ernie Els, South African golfer

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