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, 1944
Day of Week 2nd » World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
Day of Week 5th » Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German Jet aircraft named jet fighter over France.
Day of Week 7th » World War II: During an Auschwitz concentration camp Birkenau revolt or uprising at Auschwitz concentration camp named Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
Day of Week 8th » World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside Aachen. Bobbie E. Brown e.g Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle.
Day of Week 10th » The Holocaust known as Holocaust: 800 Romani (people) e.g Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
Day of Week 12th » World War II: The Liberation of Athens from the German invaders.
Day of Week 13th » World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia is occupied by the Red Army.
Day of Week 14th » Athens, Greece, is liberated by British Army troops entering the city as the Wehrmacht pulls out during World War II. This clears the way for the Greek government-in-exile to return to its historic capital city, with George Papandreou (senior) known as Ge
14th » Linked to a 20 July plot e.g plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is forced to commit suicide.
Day of Week 18th » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
Day of Week 19th » United States forces land in the Philippines.
Day of Week 20th » The Soviet Army and Partisans (Yugoslavia) called Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Kingdom of Yugoslavia known as Yugoslavia
20th » Liquid Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion named 'natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.
20th » American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands Battle of Leyte called an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War.
Day of Week 21st » World War II: The first kamikaze attack — A Japanese fighter plane carrying a convert 200 kg lb adj=on bomb attacks HMAS Australia D84 6 off Leyte (island) Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
21st » World War II: Battle of Aachen — The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
Day of Week 23rd » World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines.
23rd » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
Day of Week 24th » World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier 'Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku known as Zuikaku' and the battleship 'Japanese battleship Musashi or Musashi' are sunk by American aircraft in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Day of Week 25th » Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
25th » The Hungary called Hungarian city of Nagykároly is occupied by Soviet and Romanian forces.
25th » World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf — the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets. Afterward is the first Kamikaze attack of the war.
Day of Week 26th » World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
Day of Week 27th » World War II: Wehrmacht known as German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
Day of Week 29th » The city of Breda (Netherlands) named Breda in the Netherlands is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
Day of Week 30th » Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz concentration camp e.g Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1944
2nd » Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
24th » Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
24th » Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
25th » Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th List of Menteris Besar of Kedah named Menteri Besar of Kedah (d. 2013)
25th » Jon Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yes (band) named Yes, Jon and Vangelis, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, and The Warriors (British band) or The Warriors)
25th » James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant
25th » Kati Kovács, Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress