October
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'''October''' is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
October begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Libra and ends in the sign of Scorpius|Scorpio. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Virgo and ends in the constellation of Libra.
The name is from the Latin Word "" for "eight". October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period (summer in the southern hemisphere) was divided between January and February.
Events in October
Major League Baseball Playoffs
National Coming Out Day
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Second Monday of the month: Thanksgiving in Canada, Columbus Day in the USA.
The European Union and the USA revert back from Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) to regular zone time on the last Sunday of the month, from 3 AM to 2 AM. At Merton College, Oxford, this has been celebrated since 1972 with a backward procession round Fellow's Quad between 2 A.M. BST and 2 A.M. GMT.
Filipino Americans|Filipino-American History Month
The last Monday in October is one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland and in the Irish Calendar the month is called '''Deireadh Fómhair''' (literally "End of Autumn") and is the third and last month of the Autumn season.
Oktober Fest in Germany
Halloween on the night of 31 October to 1 November
In the neopaganism|pagan wheel of the year October ends at or near to Samhain in the northern hemisphere and Bealtaine in the southern hemisphere.
The Russian October Revolution of 1917 (which took place on November 7 in the Gregorian Calendar).
The October Crisis of 1970 in Quebec, Canada.
Trivia
October begins on the same day of the week as January in common years, but no other month begins on the same day of the week as October in leap years.
October's flower is the calendula.
October's birthstone is opal or tourmaline.
''October'' is also the name of an album and song by U2.
Other names
In Czech language|Czech, October is called ''říjen''. The origin of this name is in the deer's belling in this month.
A traditional Dutch language|Dutch name for October is ''Wijnmaand'' (wine month) because the first wines of the year have ripened.
In Finnish language|Finnish, October is called ''lokakuu'', meaning "month of dirt".
In Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic, October is called ''an Damhar'', meaning "rutting time" (of stags).
In Irish language|Irish, October is called ''Deireadh Fómhair'', meaning "end of harvest-time".
In Turkish, October is called ''Ekim'', meaning "sowing" because of the sowing of wheat.
In the Japanese calendar|old Japanese calendar, the month is called ''Kan'na dzuki'' (神無月), meaning the absence of god.
See also
Historical anniversaries
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