What Day of the Week

October 9, 2021 was the 282^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 83 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1238

  James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
• 1604

  Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
• 1701

  The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
• 1845

  The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
• 1907

  Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
• 1914

  World War I: Siege of Antwerp – Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
• 1934

  Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
• 1936

  Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
• 1942

  Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.
• 1991

  Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

• 1871

  Didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar (d. 1922)
• 1915

  Clifford M. Hardin, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2010)
• 1935

  Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, member of the British Royal Family
• 1941

  Trent Lott, American politician
• 1947

  William E. McAnulty, Jr., American lawyer (d. 2007)
• 1970

  Kenny Anderson, American basketball player
• 1970

  Park Sang-min, South Korean actor
• 1972

  Audie England, American actress
• 1979

  Alex Greenwald, American musician (Phantom Planet)
• 1993

  Scotty McCreery, American singer

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