What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1542

  Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.
• 1571

  The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
• 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.
• 1924

  Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
• 1940

  World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
• 1944

  World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
• 1958

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

• 1841

  King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
• 1885

  Claud Ashton Jones, United States Navy rear admiral and Medal of Honor winner (d. 1948)
• 1897

  Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)
• 1910

  Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)
• 1912

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

  Irma Grese, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps (d. 1945)
• 1949

  Dave Hope, American musician (Kansas)
• 1967

  Toni Braxton, American singer
• 1983

  Scottie Upshall, Canadian Hockey Player
• 1986

  Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer

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