October Quick Facts
History: Roman named. Latin it means Octo-meaning 8 --> 8th Month of the Year. Later though February and January were added to the calendar and bumped October to the 10th month.
General Information:
Zodiac Symbols: Libra's and Scorpio's
October Birthstone(s): This is interesting October actually has 2 birthstones!!! Maybe I live under a rock (no pun intended haha), but I didn't know that the Opal and the Tourmaline are stones of October.
October Flower: Pot Marigold
Major Holidays: Yom Kippur, Columbus Day, Halloween
Other Holidays: National Hispanic Heritage Month, Italian American Heritage Month, Polish American Heritage Month, National Breast Cancer Month, National Pizza Month, National Dessert Month, Country Music Month, National Book Fair Month, Child Health Day
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE DAYS :
1 My parents dog Molly's Birthday
20 My parents wedding anniversary (soon to be my brother and soon to be sister anniversary)
21 Both my grandmothers and dog Sailor's Birthday
22 My Brother's Birthday
31 Halloween of course!! And the day I was supposed to be born but was not sadly.
Fun Historical Facts:
Charles Shultz published his first Peanuts comic strip in 1950
Walt Disney World in Florida Opened it's doors in 1971
World Series Premiered in 1921
Marie Antoinette was guillotined in 1793
First Octoberfest was held in Germany in 1810 in Munich.
I Love Lucy premiered 1951
Women in NYC marched for the right to vote in 1915
United Nations Formed 1945
Erie Canal Opened 1825
Ghandi was assassinated 1984
France gift the Statue of Liberty to US 1886
Anna Edison Taylor is the first to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel in 1901.
Thomas Edison invented electric lamp 1879