What Day of the Week

October 8, 2018 was the 281^st day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 84 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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• 1075

  Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
• 1573

  End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.
• 1821

  The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.
• 1860

  Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
• 1932

  The Indian Air Force is established.
• 1970

  Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon’s October 7 peace proposal as “a maneuver to deceive world opinion”.
• 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.
• 1990

  Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
• 1991

  Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent
• 2005

  2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.

• 1834

  Walter Kittredge, American musician (d. 1905)
• 1890

  Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
• 1910

  Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1948

  Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
• 1954

  Huub Rothengatter, Dutch racing driver
• 1960

  Ralf Minge, German footballer
• 1969

  Jeremy Davies, American actor
• 1981

  Ruby, Egyptian singer
• 1984

  Domenik Hixon, American Football player
• 1985

  Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter

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