What Day of the Week

October 12, 2019 is the 285^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1216

  King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
• 1654

  The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
• 1773

  America‘s first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’in Virginia
• 1810

  First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
• 1918

  A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
• 1962

  Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages
• 1967

  Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile because of North Vietnam’s opposition
• 1988

  Jaffna University Helidrop: Commandos of Indian Peace Keeping Force raided the Jaffna University campus to capture the LTTE chief and walked into a trap.
• 1999

  The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia
• 2002

  Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.

• 1917

  Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2004)
• 1932

  Dick Gregory, American comedian and activist
• 1950

  Susan Anton, American actress
• 1951

  Sally Little, South-African-born American golfer
• 1955

  Aggie MacKenzie, Scottish television presenter
• 1957

  Kristen Bjorn, British film director
• 1958

  Steve Austria, American politician
• 1962

  John Coleman, English football manager and player
• 1966

  Wim Jonk, Dutch football player
• 1979

  Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory)

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