The last quarter of the year 2024 begins, and October will no longer only be the tenth month in the Gregorian calendar, since its first days will be filled with a lot of activity.
October has 31 days, but it is undoubtedly the date par excellence on which it is believed that autumn formally begins, although in 2024 it began on the afternoon of September 22.
According to the Government of Mexico, October brings with it a considerable drop in ambient temperature, which marks a drastic difference with the hot summer season that just ended.
The cold winds that characterize the autumn season are present in October, which brings with it important factors to consider in the agricultural sector.
Agricultural calendar
The agricultural calendar indicates that autumn is the ideal time to plant vegetables such as: lettuce, chard, carrots, radishes and spinach, since they are resistant to the temperatures typical of this month, which despite being low They do not become frost. The resistance of these crops allows for adequate productivity at this time of year.
October anniversaries and celebrations
October 1
Two international activities are commonly celebrated on this day: International Coffee Day and International Day of Older Persons.
However, starting this year, October 1st becomes a holiday, because it will be the change of federal government and the end of the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
October 2
Likewise, this day commemorates the death anniversary of the students murdered in 1968, during a protest held in the Archaeological Plaza of the Three Cultures, located in the Tlatelolco housing unit.
Likewise, this day coincides with the International Day of Non-Violence.
Complete October Calendar
- October 4: World Animal Day.
- October 5, 1910: Francisco I. Madero signs the Plan of San Luis.
- October 5: World Teachers’ Day
- October 7: World Cotton Day.
- October 8: World Migratory Bird Day.
- October 9: World Post Day
- October 10: National Cactaceae Day.
- October 12, 1492: Pluricultural Nation Day. Every October 12 commemorates the arrival of the navigator Christopher Columbus, along with all the crew and ships, to America in the year 1492.
- October 13: World Peanut Day
- October 14: World Egg Day (second Friday in October).
- October 15, 1521: Cuauhtémoc is subjected to torture by Hernán Cortés to reveal the location of the treasure of the lordship of the great Tenochtitlán.
- October 15: International Day of Rural Women.
- October 15: Day of People Living with a Visual Disability
- October 16: World Food Day.
- October 17, 1953: Mexican women acquire equal rights with men, before the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States.
- October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
- October 19, 1970: the general and politician, Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, who was president of Mexico between 1934 and 1940, dies.
- October 19: International Day to Fight Breast Cancer
- October 20: National Mezcal Day.
- October 22, 1814: the Act of the Constitution of Apatzingán is promulgated.
- October 22: Doctor’s Day in Mexico
- October 24: International Library Day.
- October 24: United Nations Day
- October 30: Birth of Francisco I. Madero
