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, 1962
Day of Week 1st » First broadcast of 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'.
Day of Week 3rd » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 8 named Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
Day of Week 5th » 'Dr. No (film) called Dr. No', the first in the James Bond in film named James Bond film series, is released.
Day of Week 9th » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
Day of Week 11th » Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
Day of Week 12th » Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages
Day of Week 13th » The Pacific Northwest experiences Columbus Day Storm of 1962 named a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died.
Day of Week 14th » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U.S. Air Force Lockheed U-2 U-2 reconnaissance plane and its aviator pilot fly over the island of Cuba and take photographs of Soviet Union Soviet missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads being installed and erected
Day of Week 16th » The Cuban missile crisis between the United States, Cuba, and the Soviet Union begins when US President John F. Kennedy is shown photographs of missile sites in Cuba.
Day of Week 22nd » Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communi
Day of Week 25th » Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson II Adlai Stevenson shows photos at a meeting of the United Nations United Nations Security Council Security Council proving that Soviet Union Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
25th » Uganda joins the United Nations.
25th » Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
Day of Week 27th » Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his Lockheed U-2 known as U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down in Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air miss
27th » A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
Day of Week 28th » End of Cuban missile crisis: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1962
1st » Esai Morales, American actor, director, and producer
1st » Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
2nd » Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic singer and drummer (The Sugarcubes, Þeyr, KUKL (band) named KUKL, Reptile Palace Orchestra)
2nd » Jeff Bennett, American voice actor and singer
2nd » El Dandy, Mexican wrestler
2nd » James Hunter (singer) called James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
2nd » Aziz M. Osman, Singaporean-Malaysian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
2nd » Mark Rypien, American football player
3rd » Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Mötley Crüe, Methods of Mayhem, and Rock Star Supernova)
11th » Andy McCoy, Finnish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hanoi Rocks, The Suicide Twins, and Shooting Gallery (band) named Shooting Gallery)
14th » Trevor Goddard, English-American actor (d. 2003)
14th » Chris Thomas King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
16th » Flea (musician) Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor (Red Hot Chili Peppers, What Is This?, Atoms for Peace (band) Atoms for Peace, and Fear (band) Fear)
16th » Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player (d. 2010)
16th » Ken Chinn, Canadian singer-songwriter (SNFU and Slaveco.)
16th » Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer
16th » Nico Lazaridis, German footballer
17th » Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor