What Day of the Week

October 5, 2019 is the 278^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Libra 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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• 869

  The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
• 1857

  The City of Anaheim is founded.
• 1864

  The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.
• 1921

  Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
• 1936

  The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• 1953

  The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
• 1966

  Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
• 1970

  Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis.
• 1988

  The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.
• 1999

  The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.

• 1695

  John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
• 1901

  John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
• 1916

  Stetson Kennedy, American writer (d. 2011)
• 1922

  Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011)
• 1934

  Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
• 1936

  Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)
• 1939

  Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
• 1970

  Josie Bissett, American actress
• 1972

  Grant Hill, American basketball player
• 1987

  Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver

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