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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• 1516

  Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
• 1538

  The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
• 1886

  In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
• 1918

  World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
• 1929

  Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
• 1942

  The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
• 1964

  Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
• 1965

  Nostra Aetate, the “Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions” of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III’s 760 year-old declaration.
• 1971

  Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket.

• 1691

  Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)
• 1793

  Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)
• 1922

  Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball coach (d. 2007)
• 1924

  Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (d. 1996)
• 1936

  Carl Davis, American-born British conductor and composer
• 1949

  Bruce Jenner, American athlete
• 1953

  Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman and hockey executive
• 1955

  Indra Nooyi, Indian born American Corporate Leader, PepsiCo CEO
• 1957

  Zach Wamp, American politician
• 1979

  Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player

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