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October
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:''This article is about the month. For the Russian film, see
October: Ten Days That Shook The World''.
'''October''' is the
tenth month of the
year in the
Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31
days.
October begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of
Libra and ends in the sign of
Scorpius Scorpio. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of
Virgo and ends in the constellation of
Libra.
The name is from the Latin Word "
Wiktionary:octo octo" for "
eight". October was the eighth month in the
Roman calendar until a monthless winter period (summer in the southern hemisphere) was divided between
January and
February.
Image:Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry octobre.jpg right|thumb|October, from the ''Très riches heures du duc de Berry''
Events in October
*Diwali is one of the most popular and eagerly awaited festivals of India. It is celebrated for 5 consecutive days in the Hindu month of Ashwayuja which usually corresponds to the month of October or November. This year it is October 21, 2006.
*
Major League Baseball Playoffs and The
World Series.
*
National Coming Out Day.
* National
Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
* Second
Monday of the month:
Thanksgiving in
Canada,
Columbus Day in the USA. DÃa de la Raza is the Mexican version Columbus Day in
Mexico and is celebrated on
October 12.
* The European Union and the USA revert back from
Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) to regular zone time on the last Sunday of the month, from 3 AM to 2 AM. At
Merton College, Oxford, this has been celebrated since 1972 with a backward procession round Fellow's Quad between 2 A.M. BST and 2 A.M. GMT.
*
Filipino Americans Filipino-American History Month.
* The last Monday in October is one of the
public holidays in the Republic of Ireland and in the
Irish Calendar the month is called '''Deireadh Fómhair''' (literally "End of Autumn") and is the third and last month of the Autumn season.
*
Oktober Fest in
Germany.
*
Halloween on the night of
October 31 to
November 1.
*In the
neopaganism pagan wheel of the year October ends at or near to
Samhain in the northern hemisphere and
Bealtaine in the southern hemisphere.
*The Russian
October Revolution of 1917 (which took place on
November 7 in the
Gregorian Calendar).
*The
October Crisis of 1970 in
Quebec,
Canada.
*The
Fascist March On Rome of 1922.
Other names
*In
Czech language Czech, October is called ''Å™Ãjen''. The origin of this name is in the deer's belling in this month.
*A traditional
Dutch language Dutch name for October is ''Wijnmaand'' (wine month) because the first wines of the year have ripened.
*In
Finnish language Finnish, October is called ''lokakuu'', meaning "month of dirt".
*In
Scottish Gaelic language Scottish Gaelic, October is called ''an Damhar'', meaning "rutting time" (of stags).
*In
Irish language Irish, October is called ''Deireadh Fómhair'', meaning "end of harvest-time".
*In
Turkish language Turkish, October is called ''Ekim'', meaning "sowing" because of the sowing of wheat.
*In the
Japanese calendar old Japanese calendar, the month is called ''Kan'na dzuki'' (神無月), meaning the absence of god.
*In
Croatian language Croatian, October is called ''Listopad'', meaning leaves ''list'' fall ''pad''.
Trivia
*October begins on the same day of the week as January in common years.
*October in the
Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to
April in the
Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
See also
*
Historical anniversaries
External links
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October: Poetry, Quotations, Folklore
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