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, 1990
Day of Week 2nd » Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions called crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
Day of Week 3rd » German reunification: The East Germany or German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Germany named Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the Europe
Day of Week 5th » After one hundred and fifty years 'The Herald (Melbourne) called The Herald' broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
Day of Week 8th » Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian people called Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
Day of Week 13th » End of the Lebanese Civil War. Syrian forces launch an attack on the free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
Day of Week 15th » Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
Day of Week 24th » Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Operation Gladio named Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army, which was implicated in false flag terrorist attacks implicating commun