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Birthday October 31, 1632 Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter (Procuress, The Astronomer) |
Birthday October 31, 1795 John Keats, Romantic poet |
Birthday October 31, 1815 Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (theory of functions) |
Birthday October 31, 1860 Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scout founder |
Birthday October 31, 1887 Chiang Kai-Shek is born |
Birthday October 31, 1897 Wilbur (Pete) Henry, NFL tackle (Canton, NY Giants, Pottsville) |
Birthday October 31, 1912 Dale Evans, in Uvalde Texas aka Mrs Roy Rodgers |
Birthday October 31, 1922 Barbara Bel Geddes, (Dallas) |
Birthday October 31, 1930 Michael Collins, astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11) |
Birthday October 31, 1931 Dan Rather, CBS anchorman (What's the frequency Kenneth?) Courage! |
Birthday October 31, 1931 Lee Grant, in NYC |
Birthday October 31, 1936 Michael Landon, an acting angel |
Birthday October 31, 1939 Melinda Dillon |
Birthday October 31, 1942 David Ogden Stiers, Actor |
Birthday October 31, 1947 Frank Shorter, runner |
Birthday October 31, 1950 Jane Pauley, in Indianapolis Indiana - Good Morning |
History October 31, 1517 Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses begins Protestant Reformation |
History October 31, 1776 King speaks for first time since independence declared |
History October 31, 1793 Execution of the Girondins at Paris during the Reign of Terror. |
History October 31, 1861 Winfield Scott steps down |
History October 31, 1864 The U.S. Congress admits Nevada as the 36th state |
History October 31, 1864 Nevada admitted as 36th state. |
History October 31, 1865 William Parson 3rd Earl of Rosse & maker of large telescopes dies |
History October 31, 1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes published |
History October 31, 1917 Third Battle of Gaza |
History October 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy. |
History October 31, 1926 Erich Weiss better known as Magician Harry Houdini dies. |
History October 31, 1926 Houdini is dead |
History October 31, 1950 Earl Lloyd becomes first black player in the NBA |
History October 31, 1952 1st thermonuclear bomb detonated - Marshall Islands |
History October 31, 1956 Bkln NY ends streetcar service |
History October 31, 1956 1st American to land by air at South Pole - GJ Dufek |
History October 31, 1956 British and French troops land in Suez Canal zone |
History October 31, 1957 Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. opens in Hollywood |
History October 31, 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US |
History October 31, 1961 Hurricane Hattie strikes Belize |
History October 31, 1961 Stalin's body removed from Lenin's tomb |
History October 31, 1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatlemania firsthand, paving the way for the British Invasion |
History October 31, 1968 President Johnson announces bombing halt |
History October 31, 1968 President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam. |
History October 31, 1970 Thieu vows to never accept a coalition government |
History October 31, 1980 Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16 806 m). |
History October 31, 1984 The prime minister of India is assassinated |
History October 31, 1993 River Phoenix dies |
History October 31, 2000 President Clinton stumps for his wife |