What Day of the Week

October 7, 2021 is the 280^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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.
• 1776

  Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
• 1780

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• 1828

  The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
• 1862

  Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia
• 1864

  American Civil War: USS Wachusett captures the Ship CSS Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil.
• 1949

  The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• 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.
• 2004

  King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates, replaced by his son Norodom Sihamoni a week later.

• 1841

  King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
• 1885

  Claud Ashton Jones, United States Navy rear admiral and Medal of Honor winner (d. 1948)
• 1909

  Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (d. 1983)
• 1937

  Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician
• 1950

  Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician
• 1954

  Kenneth Atchley, American composer
• 1960

  Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer
• 1964

  Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter
• 1967

  Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder)
• 1980

  Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer

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