What Day of the Week

October 2, 2019 is the 275^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 90 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1814

  Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeated rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and Jose Miguel Carrera.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
• 1889

  In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
• 1919

  U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
• 1937

  Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
• 1958

  Guinea declares its independence from France.
• 1992

  The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1996

  Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
• 1996

  The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• 2002

  The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.

• 1873

  Plum Warner, English cricketer (d. 1963)
• 1893

  Leroy Shield, American film score and radio composer (Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy) (d. 1962)
• 1928

  Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian
• 1929

  Howard Roberts, American Jazz musician (d. 1992)
• 1940

  Pantelis Voulgaris, Greek film director and screenwriter
• 1968

  Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
• 1970

  Kelly Ripa, American actress
• 1970

  Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
• 1979

  Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer (The Sounds)
• 1990

  Samantha Barks, Manx singer and actress

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