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The opal and the tourmaline are the birthstones for October.

The calendula is the flower for the month of October.

 

 Short news and facts of October
In honor of this momentous occasion, I decided to take a look at significant events and personages who can also claim this day as their own. But man, who knew today was so chock-a-block full of historical events and celebrity birthdays? Certainly not me. Here’s just a tip of the proverbial iceberg:
This Day In History:
1492 �?Columbus arrives in Bahamas (Columbus Day first celebrated this
day in 1792)
1609 �?Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice�?first published in London
1692 �?Massachusetts colony discontinues witch trials
1775 �?U.S. Navy established
1879 �?British Troops capture Kabul Afghanistan
1892 �?Pledge of Allegiance first recited in U.S. public schools
1915 �?1 millionth Ford “Model-T�?rolls off assembly line
1918 �?Boston Children’s Hospital begins first use of “iron lung�?BR>1960 �?Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds shoe at U.N. General Assembly
1964 �?Voskhod 1 launched; first 3 man space crew
1971 �?“Jesus Christ Superstar�?opens at Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York
1973 �?Juan Peron elected president of Argentina; Nixon nominates Gerald R. Ford to replace Spiro T. Agnew as Vice President
1978 �?Sid Vicious charged in murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen
1992 �?“Howard Stern Radio Show�?premieres on Albany, NY station WQBK
2000 �?USS Cole bombed in Port of Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors
2004 �?Seattle Storm take WNBA crown in 2-1 series victory over Connecticut Sun
2007 �?Slog inmates take over asylum; mayhem ensues..