Today is the first day of October. The month when Autumn takes a firm grip. Dark nights and colder weather. Here are a few facts about the month of October.
October is the tenth month in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days.
October is commonly associated with the season of Autumn in the Northern hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
In common years January starts on the same day of the week as October, but no other month starts on the same day of the week as October in leap years.
The month of October has become famous as 'Red October', due to the Russian revolution of 1917, although in the modern Gregorian calendar, the revolution started in November.
The month of October has become famous as 'Red October', due to the Russian revolution of 1917, although in the modern Gregorian calendar, the revolution started in November.
In the nineteenth century, the month of October was dedicated to the devotion of the rosary in Roman Catholic countries.
By the Slavs it is called 'yellow month' from the fading of the leaf; to the Anglo-Saxons it was known as Winterfylleth, because of its full moon (fylleth) winter was supposed to begin. The October birth flower is the calendula (marigold) and represents sorrow and sympathy. October's birthstone is the opal. The opal is thought to have the power to predict illness. It represents; Hope, Innocence and Purity.
