What Day of the Week

October 28, 2019 is the 301^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 1531

  Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad’s control.
• 1636

  A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
• 1707

  The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
• 1835

  The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
• 1891

  The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan’s history, strikes Gifu Prefecture.
• 1893

  Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer’s death.
• 1918

  A new Polish government in Western Galicia is established.
• 1940

  World War II: Greece rejects Italy’s ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece’s entry into World War II.
• 1942

  The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
• 1995

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

• 1466

  Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, Dutch theologian and Catholic priest (d. 1536)
• 1818

  Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
• 1881

  Vin Coutie, Australian footballer
• 1922

  Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (d. 2003)
• 1929

  Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (d. 1988)
• 1936

  Charlie Daniels, American musician
• 1960

  Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist
• 1962

  Daphne Zuniga, American actress
• 1963

  Lauren Holly, American actress
• 1982

  Anthony Lerew, American baseball player

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