What Day of the Week

October 19, 2018 was the 292^nd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 73 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1812

  Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow.
• 1864

  Battle of Cedar Creek – Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys a Confederate Army under Jubal Early.
• 1866

  Venice - Annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy - At Hotel Europa, Austria hands over Veneto to France, which hands it immediately over to Italy.
• 1912

  Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
• 1933

  Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
• 1935

  The League of Nations places economic sanctions on fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
• 1943

  Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
• 1989

  The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
• 2004

  Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the State Peace and Development Council on charges of corruption.
• 2007

  Philippines: A bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati. The blast killed 11 and injured more than 100 people.

• 1680

  John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (d. 1740)
• 1718

  Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804)
• 1814

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

  Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1957)
• 1915

  Farid al-Atrash, Syrian composer, musician, and actor (d. 1974)
• 1947

  Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comic strip artist
• 1949

  Jamie McGrigor, British politician
• 1956

  Bruce Weber, American basketball coach
• 1966

  Roger R. Cross, Jamaican-born actor
• 1979

  José Luis López, Mexican footballer

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