The month of Octo
ber is autumnal. The leaves of deciduous trees turn into the most amazing variety of shades of yellow, red, orange and pink. It is a majestic sight to behold until, that is the leaves start to fall on the ground in messy brown heaps that would take ages to clear up. LOL
October makes it nearer to the greatest celebration of all: The birth of our Lord.
However there are intervening celebrations before Christmas and the most known in October is the Halloween, October 31. As from last year, we will once again join in the fun of Halloween. Please help us compile anything and everything Halloween.
Kindly help us also compiling events that happened in October, over the years from around the world.
Month: October
Notable Events in October:
3 October 1959, postcodes were introduced in Britain.
5 October is International Teachers’ Day
12 October 1849, the safety pin was patented in Great Britain.
20 October 1973, Sydney Opera House opened.
21 October 1790, Tricolour is chosen by the French as National Flag.
22 October 1797, first successful parachute descent occurred.
24 October 2003, Concorde makes its last commercial passenger flight.
29 October 1618, Queen Elizabeth I gone mad; she had Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded in Whitehall.
31 October 1982, the Thames barrier was raised for the first time.