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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• 539 BC

  The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon.
• 1279

  Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon
• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1793

  The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina
• 1822

  Peter I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor of the Brazil
• 1928

  An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
• 1933

  The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice
• 1945

  World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
• 1960

  Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at United Nations General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of Soviet Union colonial policy being conducted in Eastern Europe
• 1991

  Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republic’s Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.

• 1815

  William J. Hardee, American Confederate general (d. 1873)
• 1920

  Christy Ring, Irish hurler (d. 1979)
• 1950

  Caroline Ellis, English actress
• 1955

  Jane Siberry, Canadian musician
• 1963

  Raimond Aumann, German footballer
• 1966

  Wim Jonk, Dutch football player
• 1968

  Adam Rich, American actor
• 1974

  Marie Wilson, Canadian actress
• 1985

  Mike Green, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986

  Emmanuel Nwachi, Nigerian footballer

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