What Day Of The Week Is October 6?

Tuesday October 6, 2026
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 6: Day of the Week

October 6, 2026 is the 279th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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.

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October 6 by the Numbers

  • 232 days since October 6
  • 0 year, 7 months, and 18 days ago
  • 7 months since then
  • October 6 is in the 41st week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
  • 33 weeks ago
  • The year 2026 is not a leap year

October 6 Historical Event(s)

404Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy who ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection short after. 1582Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. 1683German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America. 1777American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery. 1789French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October 1884The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island. 1889Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture. 1898Ossian Everett Mills founds Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in Boston, Massachusetts. 1945Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat). 2002The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.

Who were born on October 6?

1610Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) 1846George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914) 1916Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai Shek and Chinese Kuomintang military commander. (d. 1997) 1945Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997) 1951Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985) 1959Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horseshoes champion 1964Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989) 1965Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player 1977Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer 1991Roshon Fegan, American actor

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