What Day of the Week

October 18, 2019 is the 291^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 74 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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• 1009

  The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church’s foundations down to bedrock.
• 1775

  African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.
• 1779

  American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
• 1851

  Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
• 1914

  The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
• 1921

  The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the RSFSR.
• 1929

  The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered “Persons” under Canadian law.
• 1945

  Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Perón.
• 1967

  The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
• 2003

  Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.

• 1668

  John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
• 1865

  Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist (d. 1957)
• 1898

  Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)
• 1934

  Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor (d. 2007)
• 1938

  Dawn Wells, American actress
• 1947

  Job Cohen, Dutch politician
• 1968

  Michael Stich, German tennis player
• 1972

  Alex Tagliani, Quebec racing driver
• 1982

  Thierry Amiel, French singer
• 1986

  Wilma Elles, German actress

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