What Day of the Week

October 23, 2021 is the 296^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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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• 502

  The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
• 1707

  The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
• 1812

  Claude François de Malet, a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte, claiming that the Emperor died in Russia and that he is now the commandant of Paris.
• 1870

  Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1929

  Great Depression: After a steady decline in stock market prices since a peak in September, the New York Stock Exchange begins to show signs of panic.
• 1941

  World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
• 1942

  World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: – At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt.
• 1956

  Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
• 1958

  The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo which is serialized in the weekly comics magazine Spirou.
• 1973

  A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.

• 1516

  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)
• 1869

  John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
• 1893

  Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1928

  Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (d. 1971)
• 1954

  Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
• 1961

  Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer
• 1964

  Robert Trujillo, American bassist (Metallica)
• 1971

  Christopher Horner, American cyclist
• 1975

  Michelle Beadle, American television personality
• 1982

  Aleksandar Luković, Serbian footballer

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