What Day of the Week

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

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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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• 1542

  Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
• 1826

  The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
• 1828

  The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
• 1840

  Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
• 1924

  Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• 1929

  Photios II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 1942

  World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
• 1993

  The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
• 1998

  Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
• 2006

  Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya is shot and killed outside her home in Moscow.

• 1866

  Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
• 1879

  Joe Hill, American Labor Activist and Poet (d. 1915)
• 1895

  Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980)
• 1914

  Sarah Churchill, British actress (d. 1982)
• 1951

  David J. Halberstam, American radio executive
• 1952

  Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1952

  Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister and former President of the Russian Federation
• 1953

  Tico Torres, musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1959

  Dylan Baker, American character actor
• 1969

  Bobbie Brown, American actress, model

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