What Day of the Week

October 7, 2019 was the 280^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 85 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 3761 BC

  The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
• 1780

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
• 1916

  Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• 1919

  KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
• 1933

  Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
• 1949

  The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• 1985

  The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
• 1985

  The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history.
• 2004

  King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates, replaced by his son Norodom Sihamoni a week later.

• 1471

  King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (d. 1533)
• 1910

  Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)
• 1921

  Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)
• 1934

  Amiri Baraka, American writer
• 1935

  Thomas Keneally, Australian author
• 1939

  John Hopcroft, American computer scientist
• 1952

  Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1959

  Simon Cowell, English recording executive
• 1976

  Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1976

  Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer

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