OCTOBER GREETINGS

The second of the "Ber" months, October brings to mind love and peace, with things cooling down for the start of holiday plans in general. In India we gear up for the eagerly awaited Navratri and Dassera festivals, followed by Diwali three weeks later...

As the name suggests, October the 8th month of the Roman calendar, escaped the name-change to the 10th of the Gregorian from 45 BC, with spring in the Southern Hemisphere and fall in the Northern...

From the formation of PRC till Halloween, October is studded with events worldwide. International Coffee Day, World Vegetarian Day, International Day Of Non-violence, Canadian Thanksgiving Day, Columbus Day, United Nations Day, World Mental Health Day, World Post Day, World Student's Day and so on to name a few...

The month has seen France's gifting of the Statue of Liberty to the US in 1886 and her inauguration of the Eiffel Tower in 1889, the birth of the great artist Pablo Picasso in 1881 and the erstwhile richest person Bill Gates in 1955, along with Indian icons Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Dr. Abdul Kalam...
 
With birthstones of Opal and Tourmaline and the flower Marigold, October saw the launch of Sputnik I in 1957. The Black History Month of UK and Ireland, October has given birth to the most number of US presidents, the last living being Jimmy Carter...

While the Nobel Peace Prize announcement takes place, October is also the awareness month for Breast Cancer. While the Russian revolution began in October 1917, the supersonic Concorde made its last commercial flight in 2003...

Nevertheless, the great depression of 1929, the WW2 Battle of Leyte, the Saturday night massacre of 1973 in the US and the Beirut terror attack in 1983 could be regarded as the few blots on October...

Not forgetting Germany’s Oktoberfest and Philippines's uplifting MassKara festivals, it is Halloween that bids October farewell, with traditional Pumpkins and Candy Corn...

HAPPY OCTOBER Greetings to all...

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