October

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

Holidays

• Halloween
• Thanksgiving Day in Canada on the second Monday of the month.
• National Coming Out Day
• Columbus Day
• Samhain (an approximate date)
• 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.

Trivia

• October begins on the same day of the week as January in common years, but no other month begins on the same day of the week as October in leap years.
• October is also the name of an album by U2 .
• The signs of the zodiac within the month of October are Libra and Scorpio.

See also

• Historical anniversaries

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