What Day of the Week

October 22, 2018 was the 295^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 70 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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.
• 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.
• 1836

  Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1962

  Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval “quarantine” of the Communist nation.
• 1964

  Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
• 1981

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

• 1197

  Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
• 1905

  Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1969)
• 1920

  Timothy Leary, American writer (d. 1996)
• 1959

  Marc Shaiman, American composer
• 1968

  Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974

  Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer
• 1975

  Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
• 1978

  Dion Glover, American basketball player
• 1978

  Owais Shah, English cricketer
• 1985

  Zac Hanson, American musician

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