What Day of the Week

October 19, 2023 is the 292^nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 73 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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.
• 1912

  Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.
• 1950

  The People’s Liberation Army takes control of the town of Qamdo; this is sometimes called the “Invasion of Tibet”.
• 1954

  First ascent of Cho Oyu.
• 1973

  President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
• 1974

  Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
• 2004

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

• 1810

  Cassius Clay, American abolitionist (d. 1903)
• 1876

  Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (d. 1945)
• 1896

  Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1900

  Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
• 1915

  Farid al-Atrash, Syrian composer, musician, and actor (d. 1974)
• 1940

  Michael Gambon, Irish-born British actor
• 1954

  Deborah Blum, American writer
• 1964

  Jorge Luis Gonzales, Cuban-born American boxer
• 1976

  Desmond Harrington, American actor
• 1976

  Joy Bryant, American actress

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