What Day of the Week

October 19, 2019 is the 292^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 73 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 202 BC

  Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
• 1789

  Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
• 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.
• 1904

  Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O'Reilley.
• 1921

  Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup.
• 1943

  Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
• 1976

  Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon.
• 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.
• 2003

  Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

• 1862

  Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
• 1907

  Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962)
• 1917

  Walter Munk, Austrian-born American oceanographer
• 1946

  Philip Pullman, English writer
• 1949

  Jamie McGrigor, British politician
• 1954

  Joe Bryant, American basketball player
• 1955

  Melpo Kosti, Greek actress
• 1966

  Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
• 1980

  José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
• 1982

  Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer

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