What Day of the Week

October 11, 2019 was the 284^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 81 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 1614

  Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
• 1649

  Sack of Wexford: After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
• 1833

  A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.
• 1864

  Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city.
• 1954

  First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
• 1962

  Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
• 1968

  Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
• 1975

  The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
• 1987

  Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed few thousand ethnic Tamil civilians, several hundred Tamil Tigers and few hundred Indian Army soldiers.
• 2002

  A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.

• 1671

  Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
• 1895

  Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer (d. 1982)
• 1913

  Joe Simon, American comic book artist and writer (d. 2011)
• 1943

  Gene Watson, American country singer
• 1948

  Cecilia, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 1976)
• 1957

  Dawn French, Welsh comedian,actress and screenwriter
• 1973

  Dmitri Young, American baseball player
• 1976

  Emily Deschanel, American actress
• 1979

  Andy Douglas, American professional wrestler
• 1984

  Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer

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