What Day of the Week

October 26, 2019 is the 299^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1860

  Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
• 1881

  The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
• 1918

  Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
• 1936

  The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• 1943

  World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 “Pfeil”.
• 1955

  Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
• 1958

  Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
• 1964

  Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
• 2001

  The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
• 2003

  The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acre, and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.

• 1427

  Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)
• 1873

  Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
• 1883

  Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958)
• 1911

  Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)
• 1940

  Eddie Henderson, American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player
• 1951

  Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk)
• 1957

  Bob Golic, American football player
• 1971

  Jim Butcher, American author
• 1974

  Raveena Tandon, Indian actress
• 1984

  Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer

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