What Day of the Week

October 6, 2020 is the 280^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1789

  French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
• 1854

  The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
• 1939

  World War II: The last Polish army is defeated.
• 1945

  Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat).
• 1973

  Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
• 1985

  PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• 1987

  Fiji becomes a republic.
• 2002

  The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
• 2007

  Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.

• 1716

  George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
• 1939

  John LaFalce, American politician, and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
• 1946

  Tony Greig, South African–born English cricketer
• 1950

  David Brin, American author
• 1958

  Joseph Finder, American novelist
• 1959

  Brian Higgins, American politician, and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
• 1963

  Jsu Garcia, American actor
• 1966

  Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
• 1982

  Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor, singer, anchor and dancer
• 1982

  Paul Smith, English boxer

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