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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 1016

  The Danes defeat the Saxons in the Battle of Ashingdon.
• 1648

  Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization.
• 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.
• 1898

  United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.
• 1912

  First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration “To the Serbian People”, as Serbia joins the war.
• 1922

  The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
• 1929

  The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered “Persons” under Canadian law.
• 1968

  The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a “black power” salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
• 1991

  The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

• 1785

  Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (d. 1866)
• 1909

  Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and legal theorist (d. 2004)
• 1919

  Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canadian politician (d. 2000)
• 1938

  Dawn Wells, American actress
• 1954

  Liz Burch, Australian actress
• 1958

  Corinne Bohrer, American actress
• 1960

  Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
• 1974

  Candy Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
• 1982

  Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer
• 1989

  Joy Lauren, American actress

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