What Day of the Week

October 29, 2018 was the 302^nd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 63 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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.
• 1618

  English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
• 1658

  Battle of the Sound.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie – Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 1942

  The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany’s persecution of Jews.
• 1956

  Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
• 1961

  Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
• 1967

  Montreal’s World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
• 1998

  Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
• 2002

  Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.

• 1861

  Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
• 1897

  Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945)
• 1925

  Dominick Dunne, American author (d. 2009)
• 1936

  Akiko Kojima, Japanese model
• 1940

  Connie Mack, U.S. Senator from Florida
• 1949

  Kieron Baker, English footballer
• 1967

  Rufus Sewell, English actor
• 1973

  Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977

  Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
• 1984

  Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

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