What Day of the Week

October 6, 2023 is the 279^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 105 BC

  Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
• 1789

  French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
• 1884

  The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
• 1976

  Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
• 1976

  New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China.
• 1977

  The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
• 1987

  Fiji becomes a republic.
• 2000

  Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.

• 1897

  Florence Siebert, American medical researcher (d. 1991)
• 1927

  Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
• 1951

  Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
• 1955

  Tony Dungy, American football coach
• 1963

  Jsu Garcia, American actor
• 1971

  Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
• 1974

  Jeremy Sisto, American actor
• 1976

  Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1979

  Lex Shrapnel, English actor
• 1982

  Levon Aronian, Armenian chess Grandmaster

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