What Day of the Week

October 5, 2020 is the 279^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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.

Libra 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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• 1793

  French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
• 1895

  The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
• 1936

  The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• 1966

  Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
• 1968

  Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
• 1973

  Signature of the European Patent Convention.
• 1982

  Chicago Tylenol murders: Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths.
• 1988

  The Brazilian Constitution is ratified by Constituent Assembly.
• 1991

  An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
• 2000

  Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.

• 1792

  Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
• 1820

  David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
• 1829

  Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
• 1848

  Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)
• 1892

  Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
• 1923

  Stig Dagerman, Swedish writer (d. 1954)
• 1937

  Barry Switzer, American football coach
• 1941

  Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
• 1960

  Careca, Brazilian footballer
• 1962

  Thomas Herbst, German footballer

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