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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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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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• 1512

  Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
• 1520

  João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of “Islands of the 11,000 Virgins”.
• 1816

  The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia.
• 1921

  George Melford’s silent film, The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiers.
• 1944

  World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
• 1945

  Women’s suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time.
• 1967

  Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, D.C. A peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting the facility. Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe.
• 1969

  A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power.
• 1979

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

• 1687

  Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
• 1884

  Claire Waldoff, German singer and entertainer (d. 1957)
• 1921

  Sir Malcolm Arnold, British composer (d. 2006)
• 1959

  Andy Picheta, English film director
• 1959

  George Bell, Dominican baseball player
• 1966

  Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer
• 1969

  Mo Lewis, American football player
• 1972

  Matthew Friedberger, American musician (The Fiery Furnaces)
• 1978

  Joey Harrington, American football player
• 1983

  Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer

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