What Day of the Week

October 10, 2019 was the 283^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 82 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 1580

  After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.
• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1780

  The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.
• 1860

  The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
• 1911

  The Kowloon-Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton.
• 1928

  Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• 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.
• 1943

  Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore
• 1971

  Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
• 1998

  A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

• 1567

  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)
• 1780

  John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844)
• 1908

  Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (d. 1983)
• 1924

  James Clavell, Australian author (d. 1994)
• 1941

  Peter Coyote, American actor
• 1946

  Naoto Kan, Japanese politician
• 1959

  Bradley Whitford, American actor
• 1961

  Martin Kemp, British musician (Spandau Ballet) and actor
• 1968

  DJ Skribble, American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor
• 1979

  Mya Harrison, American singer

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