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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.

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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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• 1143

  King Alfonso VII of León recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
• 1450

  Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria.
• 1550

  Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
• 1793

  French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
• 1813

  Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British.
• 1857

  The City of Anaheim is founded.
• 1910

  In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared .
• 1944

  Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
• 1970

  The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
• 1986

  Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu’s story on its front page under the headline: “Revealed — the secrets of Israel’s nuclear arsenal”.

• 1887

  René Cassin, French jurist and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
• 1898

  Nachum Gutman, Israeli painter (d. 1980)
• 1902

  Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
• 1921

  Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007)
• 1939

  Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress
• 1943

  Ben Cardin, American politician, junior senator of Maryland
• 1945

  Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
• 1971

  Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
• 1981

  Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer
• 1988

  Bahar Kızıl, German Singer (Monrose)

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