What Day of the Week

October 21, 2021 is the 294^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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.
• 1512

  Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
• 1824

  Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.
• 1867

  Manifest Destiny: Medicine Lodge Treaty – Near Medicine Lodge, Kansas a landmark treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate a reservation in western Oklahoma.
• 1921

  George Melford’s silent film, The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiers.
• 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.
• 1969

  A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power.
• 1973

  John Paul Getty III’s ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn't arrive until November 8.
• 1978

  Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
• 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.

• 1775

  Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (d. 1844)
• 1927

  Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer who made the first ascent of Broad Peak
• 1949

  Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1952

  Allen Hoey, American poet and novelist
• 1953

  Marc Johnson, American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader
• 1970

  Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor
• 1971

  Jade Jagger, socialite and jewellery Designer
• 1973

  Lera Auerbach, Russian composer
• 1983

  Shelden Williams, American basketball player
• 1990

  Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player

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