What Day of the Week

October 5, 2021 is the 278^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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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• 1877

  Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
• 1895

  The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
• 1921

  Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
• 1945

  Hollywood Black Friday: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers’ studios.
• 1962

  Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
• 1970

  Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis.
• 1970

  The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
• 1988

  The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.
• 1990

  After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
• 2001

  Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

• 1338

  Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (d. 1390)
• 1641

  Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
• 1917

  Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d. 1981)
• 1921

  Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007)
• 1932

  Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1932

  Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
• 1939

  Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
• 1951

  Karen Allen, American actress
• 1952

  Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (d. 2007)
• 1974

  Alex Walkinshaw, English actor

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