What Day of the Week

October 6, 2019 was the 279^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 86 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 69 BC

  Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
• 404

  Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy who ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection short after.
• 1600

  Jacopo Peri’s Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period
• 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.
• 1908

  Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1923

  The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul
• 1973

  Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
• 1979

  Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
• 1981

  Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
• 2000

  Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.

• 1744

  James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
• 1866

  Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
• 1912

  Perkins Bass, American politician and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire (d. 2011)
• 1935

  Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
• 1964

  Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
• 1971

  Phil Bennett, British racing driver
• 1973

  Jeff Davis, American comedian
• 1974

  Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
• 1977

  Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977

  Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist

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