What Day of the Week

October 19, 2021 is the 292^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 73 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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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• 202 BC

  Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
• 439

  The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
• 1813

  The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
• 1864

  St. Albans Raid – Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada.
• 1866

  Venice - Annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy - At Hotel Europa, Austria hands over Veneto to France, which hands it immediately over to Italy.
• 1900

  Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission (Planck’s law).
• 1917

  The Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.
• 1954

  First ascent of Cho Oyu.
• 1986

  Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev 134 plane crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
• 2004

  Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq.

• 1873

  John Barton King, American cricketer (d. 1965)
• 1897

  Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1900

  Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1957)
• 1916

  Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1985)
• 1920

  Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1945

  Divine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1954

  Sam Allardyce, English football manager
• 1968

  Rodney Carrington, American actor and comedian
• 1972

  Keith Foulke, American baseball pitcher
• 1979

  José Luis López, Mexican footballer

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