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, 1941
Day of Week 2nd » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
Day of Week 8th » World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
Day of Week 9th » A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
Day of Week 11th » Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
Day of Week 17th » For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship.
17th » German troops War crimes of the Wehrmacht Reprisal actions named execute the male population of the villages Kerdyllia in Serres, Greece.
Day of Week 21st » World War II: In Kragujevac, Serbia, German Wehrmacht soldiers Kragujevac massacre known as butcher about 7,000 citizens, including schoolchildren and professors.
Day of Week 22nd » World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
Day of Week 23rd » World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Soviet Union called Russia of Nazi Germany called German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.
Day of Week 29th » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by Nazi Germany called German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
Day of Week 30th » World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allies of World War II or Allied nations.
30th » 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp.
Day of Week 31st » After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
31st » World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James DD-245 6 is torpedoed by a Nazi Germany German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 United States Navy U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.