What Day of the Week

October 15, 2023 is the 288^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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.

• 1815

  Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy.
• 1939

  The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
• 1940

  The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed.
• 1944

  The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler’s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
• 1953

  British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
• 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.
• 1989

  Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
• 2005

  A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
• 2011

  Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, Florida Opens. This is the world’s largest Legoland theme park

• 1853

  Jan Harte van Tecklenburg, Dutch politician (d. 1937)
• 1894

  Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
• 1926

  Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
• 1930

  Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
• 1946

  Stewart Stevenson, Scottish politician
• 1966

  Bill Charlap, American jazz pianist
• 1972

  Matt Keeslar, American actor
• 1979

  Paul Robinson, English footballer
• 1985

  Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
• 1985

  Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer

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