October Headlines
In October 1962, a confrontation over Soviet missiles on this Caribbean island brought the world close to nuclear war.
Cuba
As autumn leaves lose their green colour, this pigment breaks down.
Chlorophyll.
This traditional “horn of plenty” takes its name from Latin words meaning horn and abundance.
Cornucopia.
In Washington Irving’s tale of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane fears this spectral rider.
The Headless Horseman.
This Canadian singer-songwriter recorded Harvest Moon and Heart of Gold.
Neil Young.
This Ontario provincial park is famous for canoe routes, autumn colours and its association with Tom Thomson.
Algonquin Provincial Park.
The October 1929 Wall Street crash helped usher in this worldwide economic downturn.
The Great Depression.
The Harvest Moon is the full moon nearest this astronomical event.
The autumnal equinox.
The French word vendange refers to the harvest of this fruit.
Grapes.
This Canadian author wrote Anne of Green Gables.
Lucy Maud Montgomery.
This singer recorded Autumn Leaves and Unforgettable, and was widely known by the nickname “Nat.”
Nat King Cole.
The Cabot Trail winds through the highlands of this Nova Scotia island.
Cape Breton Island.
Launched on October 4, 1957, this Soviet satellite opened the Space Age.
Sputnik 1.
This term describes trees that shed their leaves seasonally.
Deciduous.
This process uses beneficial microbes to turn cabbage into sauerkraut.
Fermentation.
In this poet’s The Road Not Taken, two roads diverge in a yellow wood.
Robert Frost.
This duo recorded the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
Simon and Garfunkel.
This painter created The Jack Pine and died before the Group of Seven was formed.
Tom Thomson.
This Canadian prime minister invoked the War Measures Act during the October Crisis of 1970.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
Unlike most conifers, this tree—also called a larch—turns golden and drops its needles in autumn.
Tamarack, or larch.
In winemaking, this French term describes how a place’s soil, climate and other environmental characteristics influence its wine.
Terroir.
This English Romantic poet wrote To Autumn and Ode to a Nightingale.
John Keats.
Autumn is one of four seasonal violin concertos by this Italian composer.
Antonio Vivaldi.
This Group of Seven painter is known for dramatic Lake Superior landscapes and later abstract paintings.
Lawren Harris.
The October 18, 1929 ruling that made women eligible for appointment to Canada’s Senate is known by this name.
The Persons Case.
These pigments, also responsible for the colour of carrots, produce many yellow and orange autumn leaf colours.
Carotenoids.
Botanically, pumpkins belong to this category of berries with a hard outer rind—a category that also includes melons and cucumbers.
Pepos. Accept “pepo.”
This author’s novel The Return of the Native opens on Egdon Heath on a November evening.
Thomas Hardy.
This American lyricist wrote the English lyrics for Autumn Leaves and co-wrote Moon River.
Johnny Mercer.
This Canadian artist is celebrated for paintings of British Columbia forests and Indigenous villages, including Big Raven.
Emily Carr.