What Day of the Week

October 7, 2022 is the 280^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 1513

  Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
• 1542

  Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
• 1763

  George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
• 1780

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• 1840

  Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
• 1944

  World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
• 1958

  The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
• 1976

  Hua Guofeng becomes Mao Zedong’s successor as chairman of Communist Party of China.
• 1982

  Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
• 1985

  The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.

• 1748

  King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
• 1881

  Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918)
• 1926

  Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1951

  David J. Halberstam, American radio executive
• 1967

  Toni Braxton, American singer
• 1969

  Maria Whittaker, English model
• 1976

  Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1978

  Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq)
• 1979

  Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
• 1991

  Nicole Jung, Korean/American singer/actress

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