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, 1918
Day of Week 1st » World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus.
Day of Week 3rd » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
Day of Week 4th » An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion e.g T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey. Fires and explosions continue for three days forcing massive evacuations and
Day of Week 8th » World War I: In the Forest of Argonne e.g Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German Empire known as German soldiers and captures 132, for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor.
Day of Week 11th » 1918 San Fermín earthquake e.g San Fermín earthquake hits western Puerto Rico.
Day of Week 12th » A 1918 Cloquet Fire e.g massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
Day of Week 13th » Mehmed Talat Pasha and the Young Turk (C.U.P.) ministry resign and sign an armistice, ending Ottoman Empire or Ottoman participation in World War I.
Day of Week 26th » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the German Army (German Empire) called Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser William II, German Emperor known as Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
Day of Week 28th » World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
28th » A new Polish government in Western Galicia (Central Europe) known as Galicia is established.
Day of Week 29th » The German Empire or German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors Wilhelmshaven mutiny or mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
Day of Week 30th » The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies of World War I named Allies, ending the World War I e.g First World War in the Middle East.
Day of Week 31st » World War I: Dissolution of the Austria-Hungary called Austro-Hungarian Empire.