What Day of the Week

October 22, 2019 was the 295^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 70 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1633

  Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
• 1707

  Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown.
• 1730

  Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
• 1797

  One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
• 1866

  A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, occurred three days before, on October 19.
• 1879

  Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).
• 1926

  J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
• 1957

  Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• 1963

  A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
• 1964

  Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.

• 1701

  Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
• 1887

  John Reed, American journalist (d. 1920)
• 1908

  John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
• 1912

  Frances Drake, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1966

  Valeria Golino, Italian actress
• 1968

  Shelby Lynne, American singer and songwriter
• 1970

  Amy Redford, American actress, director and producer
• 1978

  Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
• 1985

  Evagelia Aravani, Greek fashion model
• 1986

  Kara Lang, Canadian footballer

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