October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.
October symbols: The birthstones of Octoberare the tourmaline and opal. Its birth flower is the calendula. The zodiac signs for the month of October are Libra (until October 22) or Scorpio (October 23 onwards). October Star Stones: Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22). Planetary Stone: Sapphire; Lucky Charms: Opal, Sardonyx, Chrysolite; birthstone: pink Tourmaline, Opal. Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21). Planetary Stone: Garnet, Ruby; Lucky Charms: Aquamarine, Beryl. October Mystical birthstone is Jasper. October Ayurvedic Birthstone is Opal.
Historical Events for October, 1860
Day of Week 8th » Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
Day of Week 10th » The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee known as Sewanee, Tennessee.
Day of Week 17th » First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the 'British Open').
Day of Week 18th » The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an Unequal Treaties (China) or unequal treaty.
Day of Week 26th » Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1860
12th » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (d. 1930)
28th » Jigoro Kano, Japanese martial artist (d. 1938)
31st » Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (d. 1927)