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 French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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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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• 1538

  The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
• 1835

  The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
• 1928

  Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung.
• 1940

  World War II: Greece rejects Italy’s ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece’s entry into World War II.
• 1948

  Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
• 1965

  Nostra Aetate, the “Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions” of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III’s 760 year-old declaration.
• 1995

  289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster.
• 2007

  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.
• 2009

  NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
• 2009

  The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.

• 1889

  Juliette Béliveau, Quebec comedian (d. 1975)
• 1907

  John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (d. 1987)
• 1941

  Curtis Lee, American singer
• 1943

  Charo López, Spanish actress
• 1952

  Annie Potts, American actress
• 1953

  Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman and hockey executive
• 1957

  Zach Wamp, American politician
• 1974

  Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and beauty queen
• 1982

  Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
• 1984

  Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player

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