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, 1903
Day of Week 1st » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
Day of Week 6th » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1903
1st » Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
4th » Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian and politician (d. 1993)
4th » John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (d. 1995)
4th » Pierre Garbay, French general (d. 1980)
4th » Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German lawyer and general (d. 1946)
5th » M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
6th » Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
8th » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937)
10th » Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (d. 1983)
10th » Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)
10th » Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and educator (d. 2009)
16th » Cecile de Brunhoff, French author (d. 2003)
17th » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)