What Day of the Week

October 22, 2020 is the 296^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 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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• 1707

  Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown.
• 1730

  Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
• 1927

  Nikola Tesla exposed his six (6) new inventions including motor with onephase electricity
• 1957

  Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• 1963

  A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
• 1964

  Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.
• 1976

  Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.
• 1981

  The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
• 2006

  A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama.

• 1558

  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
• 1689

  King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
• 1873

  Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
• 1903

  Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)
• 1913

  Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2002)
• 1922

  Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
• 1945

  Sheila Sherwood, British long jumper
• 1949

  Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
• 1969

  Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer
• 1975

  Martín Cardetti, Argentine footballer

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