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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 1552

  Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
• 1835

  The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
• 1924

  The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
• 1925

  John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
• 1928

  The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
• 1967

  Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
• 1968

  A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre.
• 2001

  NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.
• 2002

  The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• 2006

  Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.

• 1768

  William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854)
• 1798

  King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
• 1893

  Leroy Shield, American film score and radio composer (Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy) (d. 1962)
• 1911

  Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995)
• 1945

  Don McLean, American songwriter
• 1962

  Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian actor and director
• 1964

  Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leone Civil War figure (d. 2003)
• 1967

  Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
• 1970

  Kelly Ripa, American actress
• 1985

  Buster Davis, American football player

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