What Day of the Week

October 14, 2023 was the 287^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 78 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1806

  Battle of Jena-Auerstädt France defeats Prussia.
• 1812

  Work on London’s Regent’s Canal starts.
• 1843

  The British arrest the Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy to commit crimes.
• 1884

  The American inventor, George Eastman, receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• 1956

  Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian Untouchable caste leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
• 1968

  The first live telecast from a manned spacecraft, the Apollo 7, launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S.A.
• 1968

  Vietnam War: 27 soldiers are arrested at the Presidio of San Francisco in California for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War.
• 1979

  The first Gay Rights March on Washington, D.C., the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, demands “an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people”, and draws 200,000 people.
• 1994

  The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the Foreign Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres, receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of the future Palestinian Self Government.

• 1902

  Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (d. 1963)
• 1906

  Hannah Arendt, German political theorist and writer (d. 1975)
• 1910

  John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
• 1931

  Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician (d. 1986)
• 1941

  Jerry Glanville, American football coach
• 1963

  Yim Jae-beom, South Korean singer
• 1967

  Jason Plato, English Racing driver
• 1967

  Pat Kelly, American baseball player
• 1969

  P. J. Brown, American basketball player
• 1981

  Boof Bonser, American baseball player

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