What Day of the Week

October 28, 2023 is the 301^st day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 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.

• 97

  Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard, to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
• 1516

  Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
• 1707

  The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
• 1915

  Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.
• 1918

  World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
• 1919

  The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
• 1928

  Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung.
• 1962

  Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
• 1995

  289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster.

• 1839

  Edward P. Allen, American politician (d. 1909)
• 1881

  Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (d. 1969)
• 1922

  Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball coach (d. 2007)
• 1949

  Tracy Reed, American actress
• 1950

  Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist
• 1966

  Andy Richter, American comedian and actor
• 1969

  Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
• 1974

  Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
• 1980

  Alan Smith, English footballer
• 1984

  Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player

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