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, 1943
Day of Week 1st » World War II: Naples falls to Allies of World War II called Allied soldiers.
Day of Week 4th » World War II: U.S. captures Solomon Islands.
Day of Week 10th » Double Tenth Incident in Japanese-controlled Singapore
Day of Week 13th » World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies of World War II known as Allies and declares war on Germany.
Day of Week 14th » The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers in aerial combat during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt known as second mass-daylight air raid on the Schweinfurt ball-bearing factories in western Nazi Germany.
14th » José P. Laurel takes the oath of office as President of the Philippines (Second Philippine Republic).
Day of Week 17th » Burma Railway (Burma-Thailand Railway) is completed.
17th » The Holocaust: Sobibor extermination camp is closed.
Day of Week 19th » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
Day of Week 20th » The cargo vessel French ship Sinfra known as 'Sinfra' is attacked by Allied aircraft at Suda Bay, Crete, and sunk. 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
Day of Week 21st » The Azad Hind or Provisional Government of Free India is formally declared by Subhas Chandra Bose.
Day of Week 22nd » World War II: in the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the Royal Air Force Bombing of Kassel in World War II or conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
Day of Week 24th » The Azad Hind or Provisional Government of Free India formally declared war on Britain and the United States of America.
Day of Week 26th » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Flugzeugwerke e.g Dornier Dornier Do 335 or Do 335 "Pfeil".
Day of Week 31st » World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy called USN or United States Marine Corps e.g USMC aircraft.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1943
1st » Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
1st » Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1st » Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly and the Family Stone and Rubicon (US band) named Rubicon)