What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1138

  A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria.
• 1767

  Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island – On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
• 1809

  Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder’s Stand.
• 1852

  The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
• 1929

  JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
• 1942

  World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance – On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
• 1957

  Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik I’s booster rocket’s orbit.
• 1972

  A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
• 1996

  Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.

• 1814

  Jean Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1888)
• 1821

  George Williams, English founder of the YMCA (d. 1905)
• 1885

  François Mauriac, French author, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
• 1941

  Charles Shyer, American film director
• 1957

  Paul Sereno, American paleontologist
• 1964

  Michael J. Nelson, American actor
• 1971

  MC Lyte, American rapper
• 1973

  Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot, Limp Bizkit)
• 1973

  Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
• 1973

  Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer

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