What Day of the Week

October 9, 2019 is the 282^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 83 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1804

  Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
• 1873

  A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
• 1911

  An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
• 1934

  Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
• 1940

  World War II: Battle of Britain – During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.
• 1966

  Vietnam War: Binh Tai massacre
• 1969

  In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the “Chicago Eight” that began on September 24.
• 1970

  The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• 1989

  An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
• 1995

  An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.

• 1890

  Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (d. 1944)
• 1922

  Léon Dion, Quebec political scientist (d. 1997)
• 1931

  Homer Smith, American football coach (d. 2011)
• 1950

  Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1953

  Tony Shalhoub, American actor
• 1969

  Christine Hough, Canadian figure skater
• 1970

  Savannah, American pornographic actress (d. 1994)
• 1976

  Nick Swardson, American actor
• 1979

  Brandon Routh, American actor
• 1982

  Shi Jun, Chinese footballer

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