October facts
- October is the 10th month in the Gregorian calendar.
- October received its name from the Latin numeral “octo” meaning “eight”, because in the first Roman calendar it was the 8th month.
- October is one of 7 Gregorian months with a length of 31 days.
- The German Oktoberfest (October festival) originally began on October 17, 1810, the wedding day of King Ludwig I.
- In old England, October was once named “Winmonth”, which meant wine month.
- Columbus Day, is celebrated on the second Monday of October.
- Canada celebrates their Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.
- The first Model T Ford was introduced by Henry Ford, on October 1, 1908.
- October Birthstone: The Opal
- The October Birth Flower is the Calendula (Marigold).
- The Zodiac sign for those born in October is either Libra or Scorpio, depending on which day you were born.
- Slavs call it "yellow month", from the fading of the leaf; to the Anglo-Saxons it was known as Winterfylleth, because at this full moon (fylleth) winter was supposed to begin.
- The month October has become famous as "Red October", due to the Russian October revolution of 1917, although in the modern Gregorian calendar, the revolution started in November.
