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 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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• 451

  At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
• 1806

  Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulogne in France by using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve.
• 1813

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

  Rail transport: Stephenson’s The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
• 1921

  KDKA in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
• 1928

  Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella’s Violin Concerto.
• 1932

  The Indian Air Force is established.
• 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.
• 1978

  Australia’s Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.

• 1585

  Heinrich Schütz, German composer (d. 1672)
• 1917

  Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1930

  Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996)
• 1940

  Fred Cash, American singer (The Impressions)
• 1956

  Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
• 1957

  Joe Castiglione, American college athletic director
• 1970

  Matt Damon, American actor
• 1974

  DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
• 1978

  Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
• 1987

  Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress

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