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Octet (film)
Octet (film): upcoming Lin-Manuel Miranda movie musical adapting Dave Malloy's 2019 off-Broadway a cappella chamber musical about an internet-addiction support group; eight-person cast, no release date yet.
Octet (musical)
Octet is Dave Malloy's a cappella chamber musical about eight internet addicts in a church-basement support group, premiered Off-Broadway at Signature Theatre in May 2019, extended three times, and now adapted as a Lin-Manuel Miranda film.
Octet rule
The octet rule, also called the Lewis–Langmuir theory, is a chemistry rule of thumb stating that main-group atoms tend to bond to reach eight valence electrons, a noble-gas configuration.
Octhilinone
Octhilinone (OIT, 2-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, CAS 26530-20-1) is an isothiazolinone biocide used as a mildewcide, fungicide, bacteriocide, and material preservative; EPA-registered since 1971, EU pesticide approval not granted.
Octli Oil and Gas Field
The Octli Oil and Gas Field is an offshore oil and gas field in shallow water off Mexico, discovered in 2017 and operated by Petróleos Mexicanos.
Octo (robot foundation model)
Octo is an open-source generalist robot policy that maps camera images and task specifications to robot actions, pretrained on 800,000 demonstrations and released in May 2024.
Octo Mundi Miracula
Octo Mundi Miracula, Latin for "Eight Wonders of the World," is a series of eight engravings published in 1572 in Antwerp, showing the Seven Wonders together with the Colosseum.
Octo Octa
Octo Octa is the performing name of Maya Bouldry-Morrison, an American house producer and DJ based in New Hampshire who co-founded the T4T LUV NRG label with Eris Drew.
Octoban
Octoban: TAMA (Hoshino Gakki) tube tom drum with fixed 6-inch diameter; pitch set by shell length (280-600 mm), sold in high- and low-pitch sets. Created circa 1978/1980; genericized name for tube toms used by Cobham, Copeland, and Portnoy.
October
October, tenth month of the Gregorian calendar with 31 days, named from Latin octo (eight) in the old Roman calendar; site of the 1582 ten-day calendar correction, Halloween, Oktoberfest, and events from Sputnik to the United Nations founding.
October (2018 film)
October (2018) is a Hindi drama directed by Shoojit Sircar, written by Juhi Chaturvedi, starring Varun Dhawan and debutant Banita Sandhu as hotel interns; released 13 April 2018, 115 minutes, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
October (U2 album)
October is the second studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on 12 October 1981 by Island Records, peaking at No.11 on the UK album chart.
October (upcoming film)
October (retitled Slayground) is a Jeremy Saulnier Halloween-set fugitive action horror thriller for A24, starring Cory Michael Smith as a mass murder suspect who escapes custody; released January 29, 2027.
October 1
October 1, the 274th day of the year, is national day for China (1949), Cyprus, Nigeria (1960), Tuvalu (1978), and Palau (1994), and marks the Nuremberg verdict, NASA's founding, and Gaugamela.
October 11
October 11, the 284th day of the year, marks the Battle of Valcour Island (1776), Apollo 7's launch (1968), Kathryn Sullivan's spacewalk (1984), Vatican II's opening (1962), and Eleanor Roosevelt's birth (1884); observed as International Day of the Girl Child.
October 12
October 12, the 285th day of the year, marks Columbus's 1492 landfall in the Bahamas, commemorated as Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day, plus Oktoberfest's 1810 origin, Voskhod 1 (1964), and Equatorial Guinea's independence (1968).
October 13
October 13, the 286th day of the year, is a calendar date marked by the 1307 Templar arrests, the 1792 White House cornerstone, Italy's 1943 declaration of war on Germany, the 1972 Andes crash, the 2010 Chilean miner rescue, and the UN's International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
October 14
October 14, the 287th day of the year, is the date of the Battle of Hastings (1066), Chuck Yeager's 1947 supersonic Bell X-1 flight, the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis discovery, and Rabin–Peres–Arafat's 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, plus Nyerere Day and World Standards Day.
October 15
October 15, the 288th day of the year, is the first day of the Gregorian calendar (1582, ten days skipped after October 4) and the date of the first manned balloon flight, I Love Lucy's premiere, Gorbachev's Nobel Peace Prize, and Shenzhou 5.
October 16
October 16, the 289th day of the year, is World Food Day (FAO founding, 1945) and marks Dictionary Day and Boss's Day; historically it saw the 1846 ether demonstration, the 1962 Cuban missile crisis start, and China's 1964 first atomic test.
October 17
October 17, the 290th day of the Gregorian year (291st in leap years), is the UN's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the date of the 1777 Saratoga surrender and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
October 18
October 18, the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years): Alaska transfer at Sitka 1867 ($7.2M purchase), U.S. flag raised over Puerto Rico 1898, Moby-Dick first published 1851, Venera 4 at Venus 1967, BBC founded 1922, Alaska Day.
October 19
October 19, the 292nd day of the Gregorian year (293rd in leap years), is marked by the 1781 British surrender at Yorktown, the 1987 Black Monday stock crash (Dow down 22.6%), the First Battle of Ypres, and the 1943 discovery of streptomycin.
October 1974 United Kingdom general election
The October 1974 UK general election (10 October 1974) gave Harold Wilson's Labour 319 of 635 seats, a majority of three, ending the February hung Parliament; its coalition outcome and Northern Ireland UUUC sweep distinguish it from all other elections.
October 1988 riots in Algeria
The October 1988 riots, known in Algeria as Black October, began in Algiers on 4–5 October 1988 and were suppressed by the army, prompting President Chadli Bendjedid to end single-party rule.
October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery
The October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery: vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt stole about $17.4 million from the Charlotte, North Carolina vault with Kelly Campbell and Steve and Michelle Chambers, fled to Mexico, and was caught after the conspirators' conspicuous spending; 17 people pled guilty.
October 2
October 2, the 275th day of the Gregorian year, is the UN's International Day of Non-Violence marking Gandhi's 1869 birthday and Guinea's Independence Day. Notable events: Thurgood Marshall joined the Supreme Court (1967), Major John André was hanged as a spy (1780), and the Warsaw Uprising was crushed (1944).
October 20
October 20, the 293rd day of the Gregorian year, is the date of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase ratification, MacArthur's 1944 Leyte landing, the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre, and Kenya's Mashujaa Day.
October 2010 Sumatra earthquake
The October 2010 Sumatra earthquake was a magnitude 7.8 thrust quake off the Mentawai Islands, west of Sumatra, on 25 October 2010; its tsunami killed several hundred people.
October 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership election
October 2013 ALP leadership election: Bill Shorten beat Anthony Albanese 52.02% to 47.98% in the first Labor contest weighted 50-50 between caucus and rank-and-file members; Albanese won the member ballot, Shorten the caucus.