October 🍁Autumn 🍂

October  is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. 

The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name (from the Latin "octo" meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.

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.

It is also very commonly associated with Halloween in western world.

🍁October Events and Holidays🍂

• National Fire Prevention Week (United States and Canada) - October 7–13
• Children's Book Week (England) – First Week of October
• National Day (China, People's Republic of) – October 1
• Dashain in Nepal
• Gandhi Jayanthi in India. Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. - October 2
• International Day of Non-Violence – October 2
• German Unity Day (Germany) – October 3
• World Animal Day - October 4
• Proclamation of Portuguese Republic (Portugal)– October 5
• International World Teachers' day – October 5
• World Architecture Day - First Monday of October (established by the International Union of Architects (UIA) to celebrate architecture worldwide.)
• Leif Erikson Day - October 9
• National Day (Taiwan，Republic of China) – October 10
• National Coming Out Day – October 11
• Freethought Day – October 12
• National Day of Spain – October 12 (Discovery of America)
• Thanksgiving (Canada) – Second Monday of October
• Health and Sports Day (Japan) – Second Monday of October
• Columbus Day (Most of United States) – Second Monday of October
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - October 15
• World Food Day – October 16
• Alaska Day - October 18
• Spirit Day - October 20
• Apple Day – October 21
• Remembering the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 – October 23
• United Nations Day – October 24
• The beginning of the October Revolution - October 24th
• National Day of Austria - October 26
• Independence Day in Turkmenistan – October 27
• Navy Day (United States) – October 27
• Ochi Day (No Day) in Greece – October 28
• Republic Day in Turkey – October 29
• Reformation Day in Slovenia - October 31
• Halloween, Samhain – October 31
  
  
  
   
  Culinary Observances
• National Pizza Month
• National Popcorn Poppin’ Month
• National Pork Month (United States)
• National Sausage Month
• American cheese month

October Symbols

• October's birthstones are pink tourmaline and opal.
• Its birth flower is the calendula.
• The Zodiac sign for October are Libra (until October 22) or Scorpio (October 23 onwards).

🍂Health observances 🍁

• Brain Tumour Awareness Month (Canada)
• Celiac Sprue Awareness Month
• Health Literacy Month
• Healthy Lung Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (in United States and Canada)
• National Dental Hygiene Month (in United States)
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month (in United States)
• National Infertility Awareness Month (in United States)
• National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (in United States)
• National Lupus Erythematosus Awareness Month (in United States)
• National Physical Therapy Month (in United States)
• National Spina Bifida Awareness Month (in United States)
• Rett Syndrome Awareness Month (in United States)
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month (in United States)
• World Blindness Awareness Month
• American Pharmacist Month
• Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
• 3D Ultrasound Awareness Month
• Mental Illness Awareness Week

 
October, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry