What Day Of The Week Is October 21?

Wednesday October 21, 2026
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 21: Day of the Week

October 21, 2026 is the 294th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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

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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.

October 21 by the Numbers

  • 250 days since October 21
  • 0 year, 8 months, and 8 days ago
  • 8 months since then
  • October 21 is in the 43rd week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
  • 35 weeks ago
  • The year 2026 is not a leap year

October 21 Historical Event(s)

1512Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. 1600Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate that in effect rules Japan until the mid-nineteenth century. 1867Manifest Destiny: Medicine Lodge Treaty – Near Medicine Lodge, Kansas a landmark treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate a reservation in western Oklahoma. 1895The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade. 1902In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends. 1931The Sakurakai, a secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army, launches an abortive coup d'état attempt. 1959President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA. 1971A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. 1973John Paul Getty III’s ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn't arrive until November 8. 2003Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.

Who were born on October 21?

1660Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734) 1712Sir James Denham-Steuart, British economist (d. 1780) 1941Steve Cropper, American musician 1948Tom Everett, American actor 1971Paul Norman Telfer, Scottish footballer 1971Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler 1975Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer 1983Shelden Williams, American basketball player 1984Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater 1992Bernard Tomic, Australian tennis player

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