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, 1973
Day of Week 5th » Signature of the European Patent Convention.
Day of Week 6th » Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
Day of Week 8th » Greek military junta of 1967–1974: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
Day of Week 10th » Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.
Day of Week 14th » In the Thammasat student uprising over :th:เหตุการณ์ 14 ตุลา or 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the Thanom Kittikachorn called Thanom military government; 77 are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
Day of Week 16th » Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Day of Week 17th » OPEC starts an petroleum known as oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.
Day of Week 19th » President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
Day of Week 20th » "Saturday Night Massacre": President of the United States President Richard Nixon fires United States Attorney General U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and United States Deputy Attorney General Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they
20th » The Sydney Opera House opens.
Day of Week 21st » Fred Dryer of the then St. Louis Rams e.g Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in National Football League e.g NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
Day of Week 23rd » The Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
23rd » A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.
Day of Week 27th » The Cañon City, Colorado called Cañon City meteorite, a 1.4 kilogram called kg chondrite type meteorite, strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.
Day of Week 30th » The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
Day of Week 31st » 1973 Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape named Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that lands in the exercise yard.
15th » Dax Riggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Acid Bath, Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets, Agents of Oblivion, and Deadboy & the Elephantmen)