What Day of the Week

October 15, 2019 was the 288^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 77 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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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• 1582

  Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
• 1793

  Queen Marie-Antoinette of France is tried and convicted in a swift, pre-determined trial in the Palais de Justice, Paris, and condemned to death the following day.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy.
• 1878

  The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• 1880

  Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
• 1932

  Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
• 1965

  Vietnam War: The Catholic Worker Movement stages an anti-war rally in Manhattan including a public burning of a draft card; the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.
• 1969

  Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation’s capitol.
• 1971

  The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
• 2003

  China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.

• 1608

  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)
• 1858

  John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918)
• 1921

  Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table-tennis player (d. 2006)
• 1924

  Warren Miller, American director
• 1926

  Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
• 1959

  Emeril Lagasse, American chef
• 1959

  Sarah, Duchess of York
• 1977

  Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1983

  Bruno Senna, Brazilian racing driver
• 1984

  Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer

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