What Day of the Week

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

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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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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• 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.
• 1849

  The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
• 1854

  The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
• 1889

  Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
• 1898

  Ossian Everett Mills founds Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 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.
• 1995

  51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
• 2000

  Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.

• 1767

  Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
• 1892

  Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
• 1915

  Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
• 1952

  Jürgen Schulz, German footballer
• 1954

  Darrell M. West, American political scientist
• 1959

  Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
• 1972

  Anders Iwers, Swedish musician
• 1977

  Wes Ramsey, American actor
• 1979

  Richard Seymour, American football player
• 1982

  William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire

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