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Tuesday October 10, 2023

October 10: Day of the Week

October 10, 2023 was the 283rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 82 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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 10 Historical Event(s)

  • 1913
    President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
  • 1935
    A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.
  • 1938
    The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
  • 1942
    The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.
  • 1957
    The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world’s first major nuclear accident.
  • 1963
    France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
  • 1967
    The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.
  • 1971
    Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
  • 2008
    The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.
  • 2009
    Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.

Who were born on October 10?

  • 1885
    Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)
  • 1908
    Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (d. 1983)
  • 1923
    Louis Gottlieb, bassist and lofty comic spokesman for The Limeliters (d. 1996)
  • 1930
    Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1957)
  • 1930
    Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel laureate
  • 1961
    Martin Kemp, British musician (Spandau Ballet) and actor
  • 1975
    Plácido Polanco, Dominican baseball player
  • 1978
    Scott Dobie, Scottish footballer
  • 1981
    Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer
  • 1985
    Dominique Cornu, Belgian professional cyclist

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