What Day of the Week

October 24, 2019 is the 297^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 68 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Scorpio 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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• 1147

  After a siege of 4 months crusader knights led by Afonso Henriques reconquered Lisbon.
• 1360

  The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War.
• 1648

  The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years’ War.
• 1795

  Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia
• 1911

  Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
• 1912

  First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
• 1957

  The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
• 1960

  Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash
• 1973

  Yom Kippur War ends
• 2007

  Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

• 1913

  Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (d. 1984)
• 1935

  Malcolm Bilson, American pianist and music professor
• 1943

  Bill Dundee, American professional wrestler
• 1943

  Corky Siegel, American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer
• 1948

  Paul and Barry Ryan, British composer-singers
• 1956

  David Stergakos, Greek-American basketball player
• 1967

  Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
• 1977

  Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
• 1980

  Christian Vander, German footballer
• 1981

  Tila Tequila, American model

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