What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1346

  Battle of Neville’s Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England near Durham, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years.
• 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)
• 1610

  French king Louis XIII is crowned in Rheims.
• 1771

  Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Wolfgang Mozart, age 15.
• 1905

  The October Manifesto issued by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
• 1917

  First British bombing of Germany in World War I.
• 1933

  Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
• 1966

  A fire at a building in New York, New York kills 12 firefighters, the New York City Fire Department’s deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• 2000

  Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack.
• 2001

  Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi became the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.

• 1903

  Nathanael West, American writer (d. 1940)
• 1912

  Theodore Marier, KCSG, American composer, founder of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001)
• 1948

  Margot Kidder, Canadian actress
• 1951

  Annie Borckink, Dutch ice-skater
• 1951

  Shari Ulrich, Canadian musician-songwriter, member of Pied Pumkin and UHF
• 1956

  Patrick McCrory, American politician
• 1963

  Sergio Goycochea, Argentine footballer
• 1972

  Sharon Leal, American actress
• 1979

  Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek taekwondo athlete
• 1982

  Nick Riewoldt, Australian rules footballer

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