First October Post
How time flies eh? Today (or tonight) is the first day (or night) of the month of October. What’s up with October? Are there any legal holidays that we should be waiting to arrive? I don’t think so. I think the whole October month is a whole work month. No holiday here, except maybe of course for the annual Oktoberfest!
October Trivias
Here are some cool trivias about the month of October.
“October”, the tenth month in the Gregorian calendar, received its name from the Latin numeral octo meaning “eight,” because in the days of the old Roman calendar it was the eighth month.
One of the notable days in October is Columbus Day, October 12, honoring the discovery of America by the Italian map-maker and explorer, Christopher Columbus. It is celebrated as Discovery Day in Central and South America and was set aside as a holiday in the United States in 1892 by President Harrison.
Hawaii has a special October event called “the Aloha Festival,” sometimes described as the “Mardi Gras of the Pacific.” It is observed with pageantry, street dancing, hulu festivals, luaus, parades, and fancy balls.
October gave its name to one of the best-known German fall festivals. Oktoberfest started on October 17, 1810, the wedding day of King Ludwig I. It still retains the name, even though the festivities may start in September, with October having only a partial share of the time schedule.
An important October day for the entire world is October 24, United Nations Day, which commemorates the founding of the United Nations on October 24, 1945. It is a holiday for many of the member nations and is generally observed by all nations as a way of publicizing the aims and achievements of the world organization.
The month end with Halloween or All Hallow’s Eve. It is a religious festival in some countries but a trick-or-treat night in the United States, when small children in costume roam through their neighborhoods to solicit candy or cookies.
The flowers for October are the calendula and the cosmos. The birthstones are the opal and the tourmaline.”
