What Day of the Week

October 28, 2020 is the 302^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1516

  Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
• 1775

  American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
• 1886

  In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
• 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.
• 1915

  Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.
• 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.
• 1929

  Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
• 1962

  Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
• 1965

  Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed.

• 1877

  Joe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1952)
• 1913

  Douglas Seale, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1929

  John Hollander, American poet
• 1930

  Bernie Ecclestone, English motorsports figure
• 1932

  Spyros Kyprianou, Cyprian politician (d. 2002)
• 1932

  Suzy Parker, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1949

  Tracy Reed, American actress
• 1979

  Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player
• 1980

  Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler
• 1986

  Anthony Griffith, English footballer

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