What Day of the Week

October 2, 2020 is the 276^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 1780

  John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
• 1814

  Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.
• 1928

  The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
• 1937

  Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
• 1950

  Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published
• 1959

  The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
• 1967

  Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
• 1968

  A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre.
• 1996

  The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• 2001

  NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.

• 1873

  Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (d. 1924)
• 1902

  John G. Crommelin, American naval officer and white supremacist figure (d. 1996)
• 1926

  Jan Morris, English writer
• 1946

  Jo-El Sonnier, American singer-songwriter and accordionist
• 1951

  Sting, English musician and actor
• 1958

  Wayne Toups, Cajun singer-songwriter
• 1968

  Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1979

  Arta Dobroshi, Kosovar actress
• 1986

  Camilla Belle, American actress
• 1990

  Dean Bouzanis, Australian footballer

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