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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 362

  A mysterious fire destroys the Temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch.
• 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.
• 1797

  One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
• 1844

  The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.
• 1859

  Spain declares war on Morocco.
• 1878

  The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
• 1927

  Nikola Tesla exposed his six (6) new inventions including motor with onephase electricity
• 1928

  Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
• 1957

  Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• 1975

  The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.

• 1511

  Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
• 1870

  Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
• 1912

  George N. Leighton, American jurist
• 1936

  Col. John Blashford-Snell, British explorer and author
• 1938

  Christopher Lloyd, American actor
• 1952

  Jeff Goldblum, American actor
• 1967

  Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
• 1971

  Kornel David, Hungarian basketball player
• 1981

  Michael Fishman, Cuban/American actor
• 1982

  Mark Renshaw, Australian cyclist

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