What Day of the Week

October 21, 2019 is the 294^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.

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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.
• 1797

  In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
• 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.
• 1895

  The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
• 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

  President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.
• 1973

  Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
• 1977

  The European Patent Institute is founded.
• 1983

  The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

• 1790

  Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer (d. 1869)
• 1912

  Alfredo Pián, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990)
• 1953

  Peter Mandelson, British politician
• 1957

  Julian Cope, English musician and writer
• 1967

  Paul Ince, English footballer
• 1968

  Melora Walters, American actress
• 1971

  Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player
• 1971

  Nick Oliveri, American musician
• 1975

  Toby Hall, American baseball player
• 1978

  Will Estes, American actor

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