Miscellaneous
- The last week in October is the only time of the year when all four major North American Sports league schedule games - the NBA generally starts in that last week while the MLB postseason is just ending.
- The month of October is dedicated to the devotion of the rosary in the Roman Catholic church.
- Slavs call it "yellow month", from the fading of the leaf; to the Anglo-Saxons it was known as Winterfylleth, because at this full moon (fylleth) winter was supposed to begin.
- Eric Whitacre composed a piece based on this month, titled October.
- Neil Gaiman wrote a story personifying the month in his collection Fragile Things entitled October in the Chair.
- Ray Bradbury published a collection of short stories titled The October Country in 1955.
- Broken Bells released a song titled October in 2009, which was part of their self-titled album.
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