What Day of the Week

October 28, 2021 is the 301^st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Scorpio 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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• 312

  Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman Emperor.
• 1538

  The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
• 1636

  A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
• 1893

  Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer’s death.
• 1919

  The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
• 1922

  March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
• 1940

  World War II: Greece rejects Italy’s ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece’s entry into World War II.
• 1965

  Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed.
• 1998

  An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
• 2009

  NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.

• 1585

  Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop (d. 1638)
• 1667

  Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)
• 1912

  Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (d. 2005)
• 1932

  Suzy Parker, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1939

  Andy Bey, jazz singer and pianist
• 1940

  Susan Harris, American television writer and producer
• 1949

  Bruce Jenner, American athlete
• 1967

  John Romero, American video game designer
• 1971

  Roxana Briban, Romanian Soprano
• 1972

  Terrell Davis, American football player

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