What Day of the Week

October 29, 2021 is the 302^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 63 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 969

  Byzantine troops occupy Antioch Syria.
• 1611

  Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
• 1658

  Battle of the Sound.
• 1665

  Battle of Ambuila, in which Portuguese forces defeat the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.
• 1921

  The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
• 1929

  The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or “Black Tuesday”, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
• 1964

  A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is “Murph the surf”) from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
• 1967

  London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall.
• 1980

  Mark David Chapman, John Lennon’s murderer, leaves for New York from his home in Hawaii.
• 1999

  A large cyclone devastates Orissa, India.

• 1740

  James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795)
• 1880

  Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist (d. 1960)
• 1940

  Connie Mack, U.S. Senator from Florida
• 1944

  Denny Laine, English musician (Moody Blues, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Wings)
• 1955

  Boy Abunda, Filipino journalist and television personality
• 1960

  Finola Hughes, British actress
• 1962

  Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic musician (The Sugarcubes)
• 1976

  Milena Govich, American actress
• 1981

  Amanda Beard, American swimmer
• 1985

  Jefferson Severino, Brazilian footballer

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