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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• 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.
• 1575

  Foundation of Aguascalientes.
• 1633

  Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
• 1784

  Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1749

  Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch convicted bookseller(d. 1816)
• 1818

  Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
• 1938

  Christopher Lloyd, American actor
• 1946

  Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality
• 1967

  Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967

  Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
• 1968

  Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
• 1968

  Shelby Lynne, American singer and songwriter
• 1969

  Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
• 1975

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor

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