What Day of the Week

October 7, 2023 is the 280^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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.

• 1513

  Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
• 1776

  Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
• 1828

  The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
• 1870

  Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.
• 1958

  The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
• 1963

  John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
• 1982

  Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
• 1998

  Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
• 2001

  The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.

• 1835

  Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
• 1912

  Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
• 1923

  Irma Grese, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps (d. 1945)
• 1929

  Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)
• 1934

  Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist and political activist (d. 1976)
• 1948

  Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
• 1952

  Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1958

  Judy Landers, American actress
• 1959

  Jean-Marc Fournier, French-Canadian politician
• 1986

  Lee Nguyen, American soccer player

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