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, 1983
Day of Week 4th » Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of Convert 633.468 mph km/h, driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
Day of Week 9th » Rangoon bombing: attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Yangon named Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four
Day of Week 13th » Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T Inc.) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
Day of Week 21st » The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Day of Week 22nd » Two Prison officer or correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Marion named United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
Day of Week 23rd » Lebanon Civil War: The United States Marine Corps U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is 1983 Beirut barracks bombing hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A France French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58
Day of Week 30th » The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1983
1st » Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
1st » Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
3rd » Fred (footballer) known as Fred, Brazilian footballer
3rd » Thiago Alves (fighter) known as Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist