What Day of the Week

October 22, 2023 is the 295^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 1383

  The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, sparking a period of civil war and disorder.
• 1790

  Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.
• 1875

  First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
• 1879

  Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).
• 1883

  The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
• 1895

  In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.
• 1907

  Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
• 1924

  Toastmasters International is founded.
• 1968

  Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
• 1983

  Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.

• 1811

  Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
• 1865

  Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1943)
• 1922

  Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
• 1943

  Robert Long, Dutch singer, songwriter and television presenter.(d. 2006)
• 1960

  Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains)
• 1969

  Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
• 1975

  Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
• 1978

  Dion Glover, American basketball player
• 1982

  Mark Renshaw, Australian cyclist
• 1983

  Plan B, English rapper and actor

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