What Day of the Week

October 19, 2020 is the 293^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 73 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 1466

  The Thirteen Years War ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
• 1649

  New Ross town, Co. Wexford, Ireland, surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
• 1789

  Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1812

  Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow.
• 1864

  St. Albans Raid – Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada.
• 1914

  The First Battle of Ypres begins.
• 1973

  President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
• 1986

  Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev 134 plane crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
• 1987

  Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
• 2001

  SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

• 1814

  Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (d. 1878)
• 1900

  Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
• 1908

  Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (d. 1981)
• 1910

  Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009)
• 1915

  Farid al-Atrash, Syrian composer, musician, and actor (d. 1974)
• 1932

  Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1967

  Davina McCall, English television presenter
• 1969

  John Edward, American TV Psychic
• 1978

  Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1990

  Janet Leon, Swedish singer and dancer (Play)

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