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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• 1467

  Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege.
• 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.
• 1901

  In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
• 1921

  Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America.
• 1921

  The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25 game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
• 1945

  Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil, resigns.
• 1956

  Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
• 1960

  In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
• 1967

  London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall.
• 1994

  Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton).

• 1822

  Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
• 1877

  Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1920

  Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
• 1947

  Helen Coonan, Australian politician
• 1955

  Kevin DuBrow, American singer (Quiet Riot) (d. 2007)
• 1962

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

  Giorgos Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player
• 1977

  Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer
• 1983

  Dana Eveland, American baseball player
• 1985

  Jefferson Severino, Brazilian footballer

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