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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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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• 1859

  The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
• 1881

  The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
• 1917

  World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
• 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.
• 1947

  The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
• 1955

  Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
• 1992

  The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
• 1992

  The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.
• 1995

  Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
• 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.

• 1842

  Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
• 1911

  Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)
• 1912

  Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)
• 1913

  Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991)
• 1916

  François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
• 1934

  Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster, Harmonia)
• 1971

  Jim Butcher, American author
• 1974

  Raveena Tandon, Indian actress
• 1983

  Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1985

  Asin, Indian actress

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