What Day of the Week

October 11, 2023 is the 284^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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.

• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1614

  Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
• 1634

  The Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
• 1767

  Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
• 1811

  Inventor John Stevens’ boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
• 1899

  The Western League is renamed the American League.
• 1950

  Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
• 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.
• 1984

  Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
• 2000

  NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.

• 1924

  André Emmerich, American gallerist (d. 2007)
• 1941

  Charles Shyer, American film director
• 1944

  Mike Fiore, American baseball player
• 1944

  Rodney Marsh, English Footballer
• 1963

  Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer
• 1967

  Tony Chimel, American professional wrestling announcer
• 1971

  Petra Haden, American musician
• 1974

  Rachel Barton Pine, violinist from Chicago
• 1983

  Bradley James, British actor
• 1983

  Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player

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