What Day of the Week

October 8, 2022 was the 281^st day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 84 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 451

  At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
• 1200

  Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
• 1573

  End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.
• 1862

  American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
• 1967

  Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
• 1969

  The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1973

  Greek military junta of 1967–1974: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
• 1974

  Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
• 1998

  Oslo’s Gardermoen airport opens after the close down of Fornebu airport.
• 2005

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

• 1890

  Edward Rickenbacker, American fighter pilot and airline executive (d. 1973)
• 1910

  Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
• 1929

  Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)
• 1938

  Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player
• 1947

  Emiel Puttemans, Belgian athlete
• 1952

  Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1977

  Erna Siikavirta, Finnish musician (Lordi)
• 1983

  Mario Cassano, Italian footballer
• 1985

  Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter
• 1985

  Eiji Wentz, Japanese entertainer

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