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 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.
• 425

  Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.
• 502

  The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.
• 1642

  Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War.
• 1739

  War of Jenkins’ Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
• 1850

  The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
• 1912

  First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
• 1942

  World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.
• 1946

  The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
• 1956

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

• 1893

  Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1894

  Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)
• 1905

  Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
• 1927

  Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (d. 2009)
• 1931

  Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
• 1935

  Juan “Chi-Chi” Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer
• 1959

  Sam Raimi, American film director
• 1978

  Steve Harmison, English cricketer
• 1981

  Shoo, South Korean singer and actress
• 1986

  Jessica Stroup, American actress

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