The October Birthstones are the Tourmaline and Opal. Opals symbolizes faithfulness and confidence. The word Opal comes from the Latin opalus, meaning: precious jewel. Necklaces with opals set in them were worn to repel evil and to protect eyesight. Opal is called the traditional birthstone of October. Pink Tourmaline is considered the secondary birthstone for October.
October Zodiac Signs
Month of October Zodiac Signs are Libra(until October 22) or Scorpio(October 23 onwards).
Libra (September 23 - October 22) Libra tend to dislice big social gatherings and too much attention. Most of them tend to be introverts. Having a shy nature being too shy or quiet can sometimes work against their benefit. People born under this star sign tend to have great belief in justice. THis might also be why they are very trustworthy individuals. Libra are compatible with: another Libra as well as Sagittarius, Leo, Taurus, Aquarius and Gemini.
Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) Scorpio by nature like to take action instead of thinking things through in great lengths. They tend to be ambitious, bold, courageous, and self confident. Scorpio have a clear vision for their desires in life. Going after those goals feel liberating to them. Cool headedness helps Scorpio to achieve their desires. Scorpio are compatible with: Capricorn, Pisces, Cancer and Virgo.
October Birth Flowers
Birth flower Marigold or Calendula is the flower associated with October. For the Hindus, the month of October is associated with festivals like Dusshera and Diwali and Marigold, an auspicious flower is part of religious ceremonies. However, in the English culture, marigold stands for sorrow and sympathy. The other October flower is cosmo, a symbol of order, peace, and serenity.
Warm, Fierce, undying love, or one way of saying that you are content with being with the recipient.October Birth Flower Marigold exemplify elegance and devotion.
Historical Events for October, 1986
3rd » TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, is officially opened.
10th » An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
11th » Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and USSR known as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Reykjavík Summit or meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.
16th » Reinhold Messner becomes the first person to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders.
19th » Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others die when their Tupolev 134 plane 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash known as crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
19th » The Boston Red Sox win Game 2 of the 1986 World Series versus the New York Mets 9-3 at Shea Stadium.
21st » In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have Iran–Contra Affair called abducted United States named American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
24th » Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hi
27th » The United Kingdom or British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang (financial markets) called Big Bang.
29th » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
19th » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded 'Newswatch (Nigeria) called Newswatch Magazine' (b. 1947)
19th » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
21st » Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (b. 1922)
22nd » Jane Dornacker, American actress and singer (b. 1947)
22nd » Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
23rd » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
24th » Claude B. Duval, People from Houma, Louisiana (b. 1914)
25th » Forrest Tucker, American actor and singer (b. 1919)