What Day of the Week

October 23, 2019 was the 296^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 69 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 42 BC

  Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus’s army. Brutus commits suicide.
• 1867

  72 Senators are summoned by Royal Proclamation to serve as the first members of the Canadian Senate.
• 1870

  Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz concludes with a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1906

  Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
• 1911

  First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War.
• 1912

  First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
• 1915

  Woman’s suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.
• 1917

  Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
• 1965

  Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands).
• 1989

  The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People’s Republic.

• 1705

  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
• 1790

  Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860)
• 1865

  Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)
• 1919

  Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992)
• 1928

  Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (d. 1971)
• 1948

  Brian Ross, American journalist
• 1959

  Sam Raimi, American film director
• 1961

  Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer
• 1969

  Brooke Theiss, American actress
• 1972

  Jasmin St. Claire, Former pornographic actress

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