What Day of the Week

October 10, 2018 was the 283^rd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 82 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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

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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• 732

  Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.
• 1580

  After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
• 1631

  A Saxon army takes over Prague.
• 1920

  The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
• 1957

  The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world’s first major nuclear accident.
• 1964

  The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.
• 1970

  Fiji becomes independent.
• 1971

  Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
• 1975

  Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
• 2010

  The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

• 1837

  Robert Gould Shaw, American Army officer (d. 1863)
• 1884

  Ida Wüst, German actress (d. 1958)
• 1895

  Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1924

  Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (d. 2004)
• 1939

  Joseph Pitts, American politician
• 1946

  Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976

  Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder
• 1978

  Scott Dobie, Scottish footballer
• 1979

  Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player
• 1989

  Aimee Teegarden, American actress

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