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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 1477

  Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
• 1513

  Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
• 1763

  George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
• 1870

  Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.
• 1879

  Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the “Twofold Covenant” and create the Dual Alliance.
• 1933

  Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
• 1942

  World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
• 1959

  U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
• 1982

  Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
• 1991

  Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb.

• 1888

  Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
• 1914

  Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1921

  Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)
• 1956

  Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958

  Judy Landers, American actress
• 1961

  Matthew Roloff, American reality star
• 1975

  Tim Minchin, Australian comedian and musician
• 1978

  Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq)
• 1980

  Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer
• 1987

  Sam Querrey, American tennis player

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