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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• 1877

  Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
• 1905

  Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
• 1914

  World War I: first aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.
• 1944

  Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.
• 1955

  Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• 1968

  Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
• 1984

  Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
• 1991

  The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
• 2000

  Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
• 2001

  Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

• 1898

  Nachum Gutman, Israeli painter (d. 1980)
• 1917

  Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d. 1981)
• 1919

  Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1925

  Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
• 1930

  Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)
• 1939

  Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright
• 1950

  James Rizzi, American pop artist (d. 2011)
• 1971

  Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor
• 1976

  Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
• 1984

  Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer

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