What Day of the Week

October 15, 2022 is the 288^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 77 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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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• 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.
• 1917

  World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire.
• 1944

  The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler’s NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes power in Hungary.
• 1951

  Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first two oral contraceptives.
• 1956

  Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time.
• 1970

  The domestic Soviet Aeroflot Flight 244 is hijacked and diverted to Turkey.
• 1990

  Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
• 2001

  NASA’s Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter’s moon Io.
• 2008

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the Dow’s history based on a percentage drop.
• 2011

  Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries.

• 1909

  Robert Trout, American reporter (d. 2000)
• 1919

  Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (d. 1985)
• 1951

  Peter Richardson, English actor, comedian, and writer
• 1959

  Sarah, Duchess of York
• 1972

  Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
• 1976

  Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
• 1977

  Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver
• 1985

  Marcos Martínez, Spanish racing driver
• 1992

  Vincent Martella, American actor
• 1999

  Bailee Madison, American child actress

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