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, 1971
Day of Week 1st » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1st » The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
Day of Week 10th » Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge (Lake Havasu City) e.g London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
Day of Week 15th » The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
Day of Week 21st » A Clarkston explosion named gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping center in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.
Day of Week 27th » The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
Day of Week 28th » United Kingdom e.g Britain launches the satellite Prospero (satellite) known as Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket.
Day of Week 29th » In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.
29th » Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band, Hour Glass (band) or Hour Glass, Derek and the Dominos, and The Allman Joys) (b. 1946)
29th » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)