Thursday, 15 October 2026

18 October: 291

Today is the 291st day of 2026. 10 fun facts about 291.

  1. +291 is the country dialling code for Eritrea.

  2. The Roman numeral for 291 is CCXCI.

  3. 291 was an internationally famous art gallery located in Midtown Manhattan at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York City from 1905 to 1917. Originally called the "Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession", the gallery was established and managed by photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

  4. An arts magazine called 291 was set up as a way to bring attention to Stieglitz's gallery, but became well known in its own right.

  5. The year 291 was a common year starting on Thursday, known at the time in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Tiberianus and Dio. Saints Agnes, and Hilarion, were both born in this year.

  6. London bus 291 runs from: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich/ West Entrance to Garland Road Clinic, Plumstead.

  7. 291 Alice is an asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt, discovered by Johann Palisa in 1890 at the Vienna Observatory.

  8. The A291 is a road in Kent which runs between the village of Sturry and Herne Bay.

  9. 291 in Binary is 100100011.

  10. Distillery 291 is an award-winning craft whiskey distillery located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, famous for its Wild West-inspired bourbon and rye finished with toasted aspen staves.




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