What Day of the Week

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

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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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• 1200

  Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
• 1480

  Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
• 1645

  Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America.
• 1829

  Rail transport: Stephenson’s The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
• 1904

  Edmonton, Alberta was incorporated as a city.
• 1918

  World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
• 1932

  The Indian Air Force is established.
• 1939

  World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.
• 1978

  Australia’s Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
• 2001

  A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.

• 1870

  Louis Vierne, French organist (d. 1937)
• 1917

  Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1930

  Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996)
• 1948

  Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
• 1956

  Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
• 1966

  Camille Coduri, British actress
• 1966

  Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean television presenter
• 1968

  Leeroy Thornhill, British musician (The Prodigy)
• 1970

  Matt Damon, American actor
• 1978

  Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player

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