What Day of the Week

October 9, 2018 was the 282^nd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 83 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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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• 1582

  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1812

  War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
• 1888

  The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
• 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.
• 1942

  The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army’s 4th Infantry Regiment.
• 1970

  The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
• 1981

  Abolition of capital punishment in France.
• 1983

  Rangoon bombing: attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.
• 1999

  The last flight of the SR-71.
• 2006

  North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device.

• 1922

  Léon Dion, Quebec political scientist (d. 1997)
• 1944

  Nona Hendryx, American singer (Labelle)
• 1952

  Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
• 1955

  Linwood Boomer, Canadian writer
• 1958

  Al Jourgensen, American musician (Ministry)
• 1959

  Michael Cobley, English-born Scottish writer
• 1970

  Steve Jablonsky, American music composer
• 1971

  Simon Atlee, British photographer (d. 2004)
• 1972

  Sarah Vandenbergh, Australian actor
• 1982

  António Mendonça, Angolan footballer

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