What Day of the Week

October 8, 2021 is the 281^st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 1573

  End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.
• 1813

  The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria.
• 1829

  Rail transport: Stephenson’s The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
• 1904

  Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city.
• 1918

  World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
• 1969

  The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1982

  Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.
• 1991

  Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent
• 2001

  A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
• 2005

  2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.

• 1515

  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)
• 1917

  Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1964

  Igor Jijikine, Russian actor
• 1965

  C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
• 1968

  Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer
• 1970

  Matt Damon, American actor
• 1979

  Gregori Chad Petree, American musician (Shiny Toy Guns)
• 1980

  Rajesh Sharma, Canadian Born Indian Politician
• 1981

  Ruby, Egyptian singer
• 1986

  Louis Dodds, English footballer

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