Month October 1926 Calendar

About Month of October Calendar

• 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 after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.
  
  October symbols: The birthstones of Octoberare the tourmaline and opal. Its birth flower is the calendula. The zodiac signs for the month of October are Libra (until October 22) or Scorpio (October 23 onwards). October Star Stones: Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22). Planetary Stone: Sapphire; Lucky Charms: Opal, Sardonyx, Chrysolite; birthstone: pink Tourmaline, Opal. Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21). Planetary Stone: Garnet, Ruby; Lucky Charms: Aquamarine, Beryl. October Mystical birthstone is Jasper. October Ayurvedic Birthstone is Opal.

Historical Events for October, 1926

• Day of Week 22nd » J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal, precipitating his death.
• Day of Week 31st » Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develops after his vermiform appendix called appendix ruptures.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1926

• 2nd » Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
• 4th » Raymond Watson, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 5th » Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)
• 5th » Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (d. 1979)
• 7th » Diana Lynn, American actress and singer (d. 1971)
• 8th » Raaj Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor (d. 1996)
• 9th » Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer
• 10th » Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (d. 2005)
• 10th » Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)
• 11th » Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 11th » Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet
• 11th » Earle Hyman, American actor
• 11th » Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
• 13th » Ray Brown (musician) called Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist (d. 2002)
• 13th » Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2008)
• 13th » Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013)
• 13th » Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 14th » Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985)
• 14th » Bill Justis, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (d. 1982)
• 15th » James E. Akins, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (d. 2010)
• 15th » Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
• 15th » Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984)
• 15th » Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 15th » Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
• 15th » Karl Richter (conductor) or Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981)
• 16th » Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO
• 17th » Julie Adams, American actress
• 17th » Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008)
• 18th » Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 18th » Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 19th » Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)
• 19th » Joel Feinberg, American philosopher (d. 2004)
• 21st » Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984)
• 24th » Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 24th » Kidar Nath Sahani, Indian politician (d. 2012)
• 24th » Y. A. Tittle, American football player
• 25th » Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
• 25th » Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (Heath Brothers)
• 25th » Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano (d. 2012)
• 26th » Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (d. 1988)
• 27th » H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
• 28th » Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2007)
• 29th » Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor
• 30th » Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver (d. 2010)
• 31st » Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (d. 2011)

Famous Deaths for October 1926

• 7th » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist (b. 1856)
• 12th » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 13th » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
• 20th » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 27th » Warren Wood, American golfer (b. 1887)
• 31st » Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 31st » Philip Schuster, American gymnast (b. 1883)

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