What Day of the Week

October 18, 2021 is the 291^st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 74 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 320

  Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
• 1081

  The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
• 1648

  Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization.
• 1748

  Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
• 1775

  African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.
• 1867

  United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
• 1914

  The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
• 1945

  Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Perón.
• 1954

  Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.
• 2011

  Gilad Shalit is released.

• 1547

  Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (d. 1606)
• 1679

  Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem witch trials (d. 1716)
• 1741

  Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
• 1804

  Mongkut, King of Siam(now Thailand) (d. 1868)
• 1914

  Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)
• 1931

  Chris Albertson, American jazz historian
• 1951

  Terry McMillan, American author
• 1961

  Wynton Marsalis, American jazz musician
• 1974

  Peter Svensson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
• 1985

  Derrick Tribbett, American musician (Twisted Method)

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