What Day of the Week

October 23, 2019 is the 296^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 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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• 1641

  Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
• 1867

  72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
• 1911

  First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War.
• 1917

  Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
• 1929

  The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
• 1944

  World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
• 1956

  Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
• 1989

  Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314.
• 1998

  Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a “land for peace” agreement.
• 2002

  Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.

• 1705

  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
• 1875

  Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946)
• 1910

  Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993)
• 1923

  Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet
• 1925

  Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
• 1927

  Sonny Criss, American alto saxophonist (d. 1977)
• 1949

  Michael ‘Wurzel’Burston, British musician (Motörhead)
• 1976

  Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
• 1984

  Meghan McCain, American author and daughter of John McCain
• 1990

  Stan Walker, Australian/New Zealand recording artist and actor.

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