What Day of the Week

October 22, 2021 is the 295^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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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• 1383

  The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, sparking a period of civil war and disorder.
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
• 1878

  The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
• 1879

  Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).
• 1895

  In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.
• 1964

  Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
• 1968

  Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
• 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.

• 1734

  Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
• 1891

  Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d. 1988)
• 1906

  Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer (d. 1970)
• 1912

  George N. Leighton, American jurist
• 1936

  Col. John Blashford-Snell, British explorer and author
• 1968

  Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975

  Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
• 1976

  Helen Svedin, Swedish model
• 1978

  Owais Shah, English cricketer
• 1982

  Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player

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