What Day of the Week

October 23, 2020 was the 297^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 69 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 1861

  U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
• 1867

  72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
• 1917

  Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
• 1956

  Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
• 1972

  Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
• 1989

  Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314.
• 1998

  Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a “land for peace” agreement.
• 2002

  Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
• 2004

  A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
• 2007

  A powerful cold front in the Bay of Campeche causes the Usumacinta Jackup rig to collide with Kab 101, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the rig.

• 1516

  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)
• 1813

  Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)
• 1844

  Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)
• 1910

  Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993)
• 1925

  Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
• 1942

  Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)
• 1949

  Michael ‘Wurzel’Burston, British musician (Motörhead)
• 1976

  Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
• 1980

  Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1991

  Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan

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