Month October 2010 Calendar

About Month of October Calendar

• 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, 2010

• Day of Week 4th » The Ajka alumina plant accident called Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid Red mud or alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are s
• Day of Week 10th » The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
• Day of Week 13th » The 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.

Famous Deaths for October 2010

• 1st » Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
• 2nd » Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean wife of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920)
• 3rd » Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
• 3rd » Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
• 4th » Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 5th » Bernard Clavel, French author (b. 1923)
• 5th » Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)
• 5th » Steve Lee (singer) called Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard (band) called Gotthard) (b. 1963)
• 6th » Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (b. 1937)
• 6th » Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
• 6th » Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)
• 6th » Piet Wijn, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1929)
• 7th » T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (Dixie Dregs, Jazz Is Dead, and Widespread Panic) (b. 1956)
• 7th » Milka Planinc, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
• 8th » Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919)
• 9th » Maurice Allais, French economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 10th » Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940)
• 10th » Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano (b. 1926)
• 12th » Woody Peoples, American football player (b. 1943)
• 12th » Belva Plain, American author (b. 1919)
• 13th » Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 14th » Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)
• 14th » Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician (b. 1924)
• 15th » Richard C. Miller, American photographer (b. 1912)
• 15th » Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
• 15th » Johnny Sheffield, American actor (b. 1931)
• 18th » Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931)
• 19th » Tom Bosley, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
• 20th » Bob Guccione, American publisher, founded 'Penthouse (magazine) or Penthouse magazine' (b. 1930)
• 20th » Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (b. 1925)
• 20th » Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1914)
• 20th » Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (b. 1940)
• 20th » Parthasarathy Sharma, Indian cricketer (b. 1948)
• 21st » A. Ayyappan, Indian poet (b. 1949)
• 23rd » Francis Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984)
• 23rd » Fran Crippen, American cartoonist (b. 1942)
• 23rd » Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (b. 1923)
• 24th » Keti Chomata, Greek singer (b. 1946)
• 24th » Mike Esposito (comics) e.g Mike Esposito, American illustrator (b. 1927)
• 24th » Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
• 24th » Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
• 25th » Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
• 25th » Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 25th » Vesna Parun, Croatian poet (b. 1922)
• 26th » Glen Little (clown) or Glen Little, American clown (b. 1925)
• 26th » Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (b. 1927)
• 26th » Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (b. 1931)
• 27th » Denise Borino-Quinn, American actress (b. 1964)
• 27th » Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (b. 1950)
• 27th » James Wall (actor) named James Wall, American actor and manager (b. 1917)
• 28th » Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (China) known as Friends of Nature (b. 1932)
• 28th » Gerard Kelly, Scottish actor (b. 1959)
• 28th » James MacArthur, American actor (b. 1937)
• 28th » Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)
• 28th » Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (b. 1934)
• 30th » Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1927)
• 31st » Maurice Lucas, American basketball player and coach (b. 1952)
• 31st » Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b. 1928)

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