What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 306

  Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
• 1516

  Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
• 1538

  The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
• 1835

  The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
• 1891

  The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan’s history, strikes Gifu Prefecture.
• 1942

  The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
• 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.
• 2007

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

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

• 1879

  Channing H. Cox, American politician (d. 1968)
• 1932

  Suzy Parker, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1938

  Dave Budd, American basketball player
• 1949

  Bruce Jenner, American athlete
• 1959

  Randy Wittman, American basketball player
• 1971

  Leonidas Sabanis, Greek weightlifter
• 1971

  Roxana Briban, Romanian Soprano
• 1972

  Terrell Davis, American football player
• 1974

  Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
• 1980

  Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler

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