What Day of the Week

October 28, 2018 was the 301^st day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 64 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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.
• 1531

  Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad’s control.
• 1538

  The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
• 1664

  The Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
• 1834

  The Battle of Pinjarra is fought in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
• 1918

  World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
• 1940

  World War II: Greece rejects Italy’s ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece’s entry into World War II.
• 2005

  Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.
• 2009

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

• 1466

  Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, Dutch theologian and Catholic priest (d. 1536)
• 1793

  Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)
• 1818

  Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
• 1884

  William Douglas Cook, New Zealander horticulturalist (d. 1967)
• 1922

  Gershon Kingsley, German composer
• 1926

  Bowie Kuhn, American baseball executive (d. 2007)
• 1968

  Caitlin Cary, alt-country singer & violin player, former member of Whiskeytown
• 1970

  Greg Eagles, American voice actor
• 1985

  Troian Bellisario, American actress
• 1992

  Lexi Ainsworth, American actress

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