What Day of the Week

October 8, 2019 was the 281^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 84 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 314

  Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
• 1075

  Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
• 1573

  End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.
• 1600

  San Marino adopts its written constitution.
• 1860

  Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
• 1871

  Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire.
• 1895

  Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
• 1928

  Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella’s Violin Concerto.
• 1974

  Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
• 1982

  Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.

• 1713

  Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (d. 1793)
• 1847

  Rose Scott, Australian social reformer (d. 1925)
• 1888

  Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
• 1890

  Edward Rickenbacker, American fighter pilot and airline executive (d. 1973)
• 1928

  Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
• 1948

  Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
• 1948

  Pedro López, Colombian serial killer
• 1948

  Sarah Purcell, American television host
• 1970

  Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
• 1986

  Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player

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