Encyclopedia > October

Article Content

October

October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. From the Latin oct for "eight" (it was originally the eighth month of the year, before January and February were inserted).

October begins on the same day of week as January, except in leap years.

Holidays

Halloween
Samhain (an approximate date)

See Also

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Historical anniversaries
October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

... 1856 - Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross 1861 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven ...