What Day of the Week

October 21, 2023 is the 294^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 1209

  Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
• 1520

  Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.
• 1600

  Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate that in effect rules Japan until the mid-nineteenth century.
• 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.
• 1824

  Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.
• 1944

  World War II: The first kamikaze attack: A Japanese plane carrying a 200 kg bomb attacks HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
• 1959

  In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
• 1959

  President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.
• 1977

  The European Patent Institute is founded.

• 1527

  Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)
• 1725

  Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
• 1924

  Celia Cruz, Cuban singer, Queen of Salsa (d. 2003)
• 1941

  Steve Cropper, American musician
• 1966

  Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer
• 1968

  Melora Walters, American actress
• 1976

  Jeremy Miller, American actor
• 1980

  Kim Kardashian, American socialite, model and reality television star
• 1983

  Shelden Williams, American basketball player
• 1984

  Kenny Cooper, American soccer player

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