What Day of the Week

October 9, 2021 is the 282^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1264

  The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez that was under Muslim occupation since 711.
• 1740

  Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin massacring ethnic Chinese in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a two-year-long war throughout Java.
• 1799

  Sinking of HMS Lutine, with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
• 1914

  World War I: Siege of Antwerp – Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
• 1945

  Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients
• 1962

  Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
• 1966

  Vietnam War: Binh Tai massacre
• 1967

  A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
• 1981

  Abolition of capital punishment in France.
• 1992

  A 13 kilogram (est.) fragment of the Peekskill meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family’s 1980 Chevrolet Malibu

• 1911

  Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)
• 1914

  Edward Andrews, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1915

  Clifford M. Hardin, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2010)
• 1918

  E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (d. 2007)
• 1939

  O. V. Wright, American soul singer (d. 1980)
• 1954

  John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
• 1966

  Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher and entrepreneur
• 1971

  Simon Atlee, British photographer (d. 2004)
• 1973

  Terry Balsamo, American guitarist (Evanescence)
• 1983

  Jang Mi-Ran, South Korean weightlifter

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