Wednesday October 9, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 9: Day of the Week

October 9, 2024 is the 283rd day of the year 2024 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.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

October 9 Historical Event(s)

1708
Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
1804
Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
1861
American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island – Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
1942
Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.
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.
1981
Abolition of capital punishment in France.
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.

Who were born on October 9?

1704
Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
1837
Francis Wayland Parker, American progressive educational theorist (d. 1902)
1859
Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (d. 1935)
1874
Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (d. 1947)
1908
Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (d. 1975)
1928
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer
1940
Joe Pepitone, American baseball player
1941
Trent Lott, American politician
1950
Reichi Nakaido, Japanese rock guitarist
1979
Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer

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