What Day Of The Week Is October 12?

October 12: Day of the Week

October 12, 2026 is the 285th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

October					2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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October 12 by the Numbers

• 245 days since October 12
• 0 year, 8 months, and 3 days ago
• 8 months since then
• October 12 is in the 42nd week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
• 35 weeks ago
• The year 2026 is not a leap year

October 12 Historical Event(s)

1692The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips. 1792First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York 1822Peter I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor of the Brazil 1823Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat. 1915World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium 1960Inejiro Asanuma, Chair of the Japanese Socialist Party, is assassinated in Japan by Otoya Yamaguchi, a 17-year-old. The cameras were rolling at the time, so the moment was caught on film. 1970Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas 1979The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip. 1983Japan’s former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to 4 years in jail. 1984Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.

Who were born on October 12?

1602William Chillingworth, English religious leader (d. 1644) 1712William Shippen, American physician and statesman (d. 1801) 1880Louis Hémon, French novelist (d. 1913) 1948Rick Parfitt, British musician (Status Quo) 1950Caroline Ellis, English actress 1953Serge Lepeltier, French politician 1956David Vanian, British singer, (The Damned) 1965Scott O'Grady, American military officer 1970Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player 1981Sneha, Indian actress

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