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Friday, October 9, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026 falls on a Friday. It is day 282 of the year, ISO week 41, in Q4.
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Friday, October 9
October 9, 2026 is day 282 of 365, ISO week 41, in Q4. The moon is Waning Crescent and the zodiac sign is Libra.
Day of year282
ISO week41
QuarterQ4
Days left83
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent
- Lunar age
- 27.6 days
- Illumination
- 4%
- Season
- Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, spring in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Zodiac
- Libra
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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- /date/2026-10-09
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October 9
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Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Asturias
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Local briefFriday, October 9, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2019: Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to October 9.
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Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (pictured) was severely injured by a Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.
The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and currently the longest-running Broadway show in history, opened in London's West End.
Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first public demonstration of a light-emitting diode.
A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England.
World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, reversing the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.
The Mortimer War Memorial (pictured), designed by Herbert Maryon in memory of local servicemen who died in the First World War, was dedicated.
World War I: The civilian authorities of Antwerp surrendered and allowed the German army to capture the city.
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George Baldock, British-born Greek international footballer (born 1993)
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Dieter Burdenski, German footballer (born 1950)
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Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (born 1923)
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Lee Wei Ling, Singaporean neurologist (born 1955)
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Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (born 1934)
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Leif Segerstam, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1944)
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