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, 1987
Day of Week 1st » The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake or Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as Richter magnitude scale or magnitude 5.9.
Day of Week 7th » Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
Day of Week 11th » Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed thousands of ethnic Tamil people called Tamil civilians and hundreds of Tamil Tigers & Indian Army soldiers.
Day of Week 15th » The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
Day of Week 19th » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
19th » Black Monday (1987) or Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
Day of Week 21st » Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 70 ethnic Tamil people e.g Tamil patients, physician called doctors and nurses.
Day of Week 30th » In Japan, NEC releases the first History of video game consoles (fourth generation) known as 16-bit (fourth generation) video game console, the PC Engine, which is later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.