What Day of the Week

October 13, 2023 is the 286^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 79 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 54

  Roman Emperor Claudius is poisoned to death under mysterious circumstances. His 17-year-old stepson Nero succeeds him to the Roman throne
• 1307

  Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into a “confession” of heresy.
• 1843

  In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
• 1881

  Revival of the Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations.
• 1915

  The Battle for the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos in northern France, World War I.
• 1917

  The “Miracle of the Sun” is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal.
• 1923

  Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey.
• 1943

  World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany.
• 1962

  The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died.
• 1972

  An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashes outside Moscow killing 176.

• 1876

  Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)
• 1902

  Arna Wendell Bontemps, American writer (d. 1973)
• 1925

  Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (d. 1979)
• 1925

  Margaret Thatcher, English politician
• 1926

  Walter “Killer” Kowalski (wrestler) Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2008)
• 1947

  Jerry Trupiano, American sports broadcaster
• 1949

  Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster (d. 1996)
• 1964

  Marco Travaglio, Italian journalist
• 1981

  Dimitris Mougios, Greek rower
• 1988

  Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer

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