Why isn october the 8th month, november 9th and december the 10th?
Because there weren’t always 12 months, and March used to be the first month of the Roman year. If you count months starting with March, October is the 8th month. 🙂 Julius Caesar is credited with the initial adjustments to the calendar, with other little tweaks coming after him. Read this link for more information: http://en.wikipedia.