What Day of the Week

October 21, 2019 was the 294^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 71 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1520

  Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.
• 1774

  First display of the word “Liberty” on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.
• 1805

  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve. It signals almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain’s navy unchallenged until the 20th century.
• 1912

  During the First Balkan War, Kardzhali is liberated by Bulgarian forces
• 1921

  President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting President against lynching in the deep south.
• 1959

  In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
• 1979

  Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
• 1994

  In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
• 1994

  North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
• 2003

  Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.

• 1527

  Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)
• 1775

  Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (d. 1844)
• 1886

  Eugene Burton Ely, American aviation pioneer (d. 1911)
• 1922

  Liliane Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal
• 1938

  Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
• 1943

  Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian
• 1950

  Ronald McNair, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1953

  Charlotte Caffey, American musician (The Go-Go’s)
• 1976

  Jeremy Miller, American actor
• 1982

  Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player

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