What Day of the Week

October 2, 2021 was the 275^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 90 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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• 1187

  Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
• 1552

  Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
• 1789

  George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
• 1941

  World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
• 1944

  World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
• 1950

  Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published
• 1959

  The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
• 1968

  A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre.
• 1990

  Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
• 2001

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

• 1470

  Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
• 1737

  Francis Hopkinson, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
• 1852

  Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
• 1902

  John G. Crommelin, American naval officer and white supremacist figure (d. 1996)
• 1917

  Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1943

  Franklin Rosemont, American artist
• 1968

  Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974

  Brian Knight, Umpire in Major League Baseball
• 1974

  Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (d. 2006)
• 1974

  Michelle Krusiec, American actress

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