A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on October 31 throughout history.
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Martin Luther sends his Ninety-five Theses to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating the Protestant Reformation
The Last Judgment (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (modern-day Bangladesh), killing an estimated 200,000 people
British War Cabinet gives final approval to issue the Balfour Declaration to support a "national home for the Jewish people" in what is then Ottoman-controlled Palestine
The Spanish flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week
In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently alive. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded 8 billion (8,000,000,000) on November 15, 2022.
The horror film "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?," based on the novel by Henry Farrell, directed by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, is released
Barbra Streisand's "People" album hits #1 and stays there for five weeks
American jockey Chris Antley becomes the first rider to win nine races in a day (four at Aqueduct and five at Meadowlands)
Isabella of Valois (9 November 1389 – 13 September 1409) was Queen of England as the wife of Richard II, King of England, between 1396 and 1399, and Duchess of Orléans as the wife of Charles I, Duke...
King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (18) marries Frederica of Baden (16) at Drottningholm Palace for the second time (1st by proxy) (divorced 1812)
Historian and philosopher Will Durant (27) weds researcher Ariel Kaufman (15) at New York's City Hall
NBA legend Larry Bird (19) divorces highschool sweetheart Janet Condra only 11 months after getting married
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 8th (and final) divorce from American construction worker Larry Fortensky, after 5 years of marriage
Socialite and model Kim Kardashian (31) divorces basketball player Kris Humphries (26) due to irreconcilable differences only 72 days after getting married
BC Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 8:1, NLTse)
Empress Irene of Byzantium is driven out
Forces of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V begin a siege of the French-held city of Metz; siege eventually fails and is called off in January 1553
Leiden] ; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
English, French, and Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Triple Covenant"
Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies
Earthquake in Safed, Palestine, kills hundreds
The Girondins, also called Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution. From 1791 to 1793, the Girondins were active in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention.
The Dutch Brigade (Dutch: Hollandse Brigade) was a formation of the army of the Kingdom of Holland.
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.
Edinburgh-based body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are exposed for murdering 16 people and selling the corpses to medical schools [1]
Collision between the river boat Monmouth and the steamer called Warren on the Mississippi kills 300 people
Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee, California.
The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand, led by General Duncan Cameron, begin their invasion of the Waikato
Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern United States.
Australia's first royal tour begins as Prince Albert, son of Queen Victoria, arrives in Adelaide, South Australia [1]
Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers
Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season, having won 80 of 151 games (18-43 vs. National League teams)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral work "Capriccio Espagnol" premieres in St Petersburg, Russia
John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland.
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations.
The St. Petersburg Workmen's Petition to the Tsar is a historical document and petition with which St.
Calgary City Rugby Football Club defeats Strathcona Rugby Football Club 15-0 in Calgary in their first game
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908.
Lincoln Highway, the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the US, is dedicated
Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey
Clare Kummer's play "Good Gracious Annabelle" premieres in New York City
Battle of Beersheba: In southern Palestine, the "last successful cavalry charge in history" is performed by the 4th Australian Light Horse during World War I
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeast and Central Europe.
Bessarabia () is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west.
Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (International Women's Sports Federation) is founded by the Frenchwoman Alice Milliat
consecutive days of 100°F begin in Marble Bar, Australia
World Savings Day is established during the first International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks) in Milan, Italy, to promote the importance of saving
Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad as Shah of Persia
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who led Italy as Il Duce from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943.
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) is the national scouting organization of the Philippines in the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
Valencia, officially València, is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain.
Great Depression: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a 15-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public
A clothing factory fire in Huddersfield, England, kills 49
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert campaign of World War II, fought in Egypt between Axis (German and Italian) forces of the Panzer Army Africa—which...
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football franchise based in the Washington metropolitan area.
Chief of Staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of the Universal Commission
Dutch Nazi Henri "Hakkie" Holdert, director of Amsterdam paper De Telegraaf (The Telegraph) and member of the SS, is sentenced to 12 years imprisonment
French Second Chamber accepts the Schuman Plan
The first thermonuclear bomb is detonated at Marshall Islands
TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
Algerian Revolution against the French begins
Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (5 July 1900 – 17 December 1987) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
American Navy pilot Conrad "Gus" Shinn is the first person to land a plane at the South Pole
Cyclone hits the coast of the Gulf of Bengal, killing about 10,000 people
Federal judge rules that laws against integrated playing fields in Birmingham, Alabama, are illegal
KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting
Linda Eastman moves to the UK permanently
Eastside race riot in Jacksonville, Florida
Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine for indecent exposure and open profanity, though remains free on a $50,000 bond pending appeal
From 1969 until 1997, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) conducted an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England, aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland...
Two Catholic children (6 and 4) playing in the street are killed in an Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) car bomb attack on a bar in Ship Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers escape from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin using a hijacked helicopter
Dutch Marines end a hostage crisis in Scheveningen prison
Ted Bundy victim Laura Aime disappears in Utah
Iranian oil workers go on strike
The Cy Young Award, officially the Cy Young Memorial Award, is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL).
Julian Nott sets a world hot air balloon altitude record of 16,806 m
Pipes of Peace is the fourth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney. It was released on 31 October 1983.
Howard Lindsay Goodall is an English composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programmes for television and radio, for which he has won many awards.
Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 – 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui.
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Canadian province of Ontario to the north (through Lake Erie), Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast,...
France is one of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but is not known to possess or develop any chemical or biological weapons.
Waqar Younis Maitla HI (Punjabi, Urdu: وقار یونس میتلا; born 16 November 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team.
The Madrid Conference of 1991 was a peace conference, held from 30 October to 1 November 1991 in Madrid, hosted by Spain and co-sponsored by the Soviet Union and the United States.
Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky dive
25 people are killed during a Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.
American Eagle Flight 4184, officially operating as Simmons Airlines Flight 4184, was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois, United States.
American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14-year-old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California
American jam band Phish performs The Who's "Quadrophenia" as a musical costume during a show at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois
American jam band Phish performs The Talking Heads' "Remain In Light" as a musical costume during a show at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia
American jam band Phish performs The Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll" as a musical costume during a show at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada in Paradise, Nevada
EgyptAir Flight 990, traveling from New York City to Cairo, crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board
A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola, killing 50
A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas, formally indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer
A bankruptcy court approves MCI's reorganization plans, essentially clearing the telecommunications company to exit bankruptcy
Bethany Meilani Hamilton is an American professional surfer and writer. On October 31, 2003, she survived a shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off; ultimately, she returned to professional...
White Paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" is published by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto; it describes a decentralized peer-to-peer network that could track and verify transactions while producing a transparent, verifiable record.
The economy of Ireland is a highly developed knowledge economy, focused on services in high-tech, life sciences, financial services and agribusiness, including agrifood.
New York was severely affected by Hurricane Sandy on October 29–30, 2012, particularly New York City, its suburbs, and Long Island.
8th Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham, London: All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter lands 4 penalties and 2 conversions as New Zealand defeats Australia 34-17
Michel Naim Aoun is a Lebanese politician and former general who served as the 13th president of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 to 30 October 2022. Born in Haret Hreik to a Maronite Christian family,...
A judge on Maui, Hawaii, orders a man to write 144 compliments to his ex-girlfriend after violating a protection order by sending her 144 malicious text messages and calls
Blackpink is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. The group is composed of four members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa.
A fire destroys most of historic Shuri Castle, once the seat of the Ryukyu Kingdom, on the island of Okinawa, Japan
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
New Zealand Rugby Union team routs Australia 43-5 in Sydney to retain the Bledisloe Cup (2-1) for the 18th straight series; Wallabies' largest-ever defeat by All Blacks
World's largest solar farm goes live in Sirindhorn reservoir, Thailand, as a hydro-floating solar hybrid system the size of 70 football fields [1]
American rapper Young Thug (33) pleads guilty to street gang racketeering charges and no contest to related weapons and drug charges, ending a prolonged trial in Atlanta, Georgia; judge sentences him to time served plus 15 years of probation [1]
Sardar Patel, Indian independence activist, known for indian independence activist, was born on 1875-10-31.
Reza Pahlavi, Iranian prince and political activist, known for iranian prince and political activist, was born on 1961-10-31.
Dan Rather broadcast journalist, known for american broadcast journalist, was born on 1932-10-31. Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.
Peter Jackson, New Zealand zealand filmmaker, known for new zealand filmmaker, was born on 1962-10-31. Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand filmmaker.
Vanilla Ice, American rapper, known for american rapper, was born on 1968-10-31. Robert Matthew Van Winkle, known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host.
Willow Smith, American singer, known for american singer, was born on 2001-10-31. Willow Smith, also known mononymously as Willow, is an American singer, actress, and dancer.
Anthony Wilding is born
Hobart "Hobie" Alter, American athlete, known for american businessman, was born on 1933-10-31.
Marco van Basten, Dutch athlete, known for dutch football player and manager, was born on 1965-10-31.
Marcus Rashford, English athlete, known for english footballer, was born on 1998-10-31.
Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter, known for dutch painter, was born on 1632-10-31. Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life.
Norodom Sihanouk is born
BC Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 8:1, NLTse)
Empress Irene of Byzantium is driven out
Isabella of Valois (9 November 1389 – 13 September 1409) was Queen of England as the wife of Richard II, King of England, between 1396 and 1399, and Duchess of Orléans as the wife of Charles I, Duke...
Martin Luther sends his Ninety-five Theses to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating the Protestant Reformation
The Last Judgment (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
Forces of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V begin a siege of the French-held city of Metz; siege eventually fails and is called off in January 1553
Leiden] ; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
English, French, and Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Triple Covenant"
Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies
Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter, known for dutch painter, was born on 1632-10-31. Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life.
Earthquake in Safed, Palestine, kills hundreds
King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (18) marries Frederica of Baden (16) at Drottningholm Palace for the second time (1st by proxy) (divorced 1812)
The Girondins, also called Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution. From 1791 to 1793, the Girondins were active in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention.
The Dutch Brigade (Dutch: Hollandse Brigade) was a formation of the army of the Kingdom of Holland.
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.
Edinburgh-based body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are exposed for murdering 16 people and selling the corpses to medical schools [1]
Collision between the river boat Monmouth and the steamer called Warren on the Mississippi kills 300 people
Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee, California.
The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand, led by General Duncan Cameron, begin their invasion of the Waikato
Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern United States.
Australia's first royal tour begins as Prince Albert, son of Queen Victoria, arrives in Adelaide, South Australia [1]
Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers
Sardar Patel, Indian independence activist, known for indian independence activist, was born on 1875-10-31.
Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (modern-day Bangladesh), killing an estimated 200,000 people
Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season, having won 80 of 151 games (18-43 vs. National League teams)
Anthony Wilding is born
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral work "Capriccio Espagnol" premieres in St Petersburg, Russia
John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland.
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations.
The St. Petersburg Workmen's Petition to the Tsar is a historical document and petition with which St.
Calgary City Rugby Football Club defeats Strathcona Rugby Football Club 15-0 in Calgary in their first game
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908.
Historian and philosopher Will Durant (27) weds researcher Ariel Kaufman (15) at New York's City Hall
Lincoln Highway, the first paved coast-to-coast highway in the US, is dedicated
Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey
Clare Kummer's play "Good Gracious Annabelle" premieres in New York City
British War Cabinet gives final approval to issue the Balfour Declaration to support a "national home for the Jewish people" in what is then Ottoman-controlled Palestine
Battle of Beersheba: In southern Palestine, the "last successful cavalry charge in history" is performed by the 4th Australian Light Horse during World War I
The Spanish flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeast and Central Europe.
Bessarabia () is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west.
Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (International Women's Sports Federation) is founded by the Frenchwoman Alice Milliat
Norodom Sihanouk is born
consecutive days of 100°F begin in Marble Bar, Australia
World Savings Day is established during the first International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks) in Milan, Italy, to promote the importance of saving
Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad as Shah of Persia
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who led Italy as Il Duce from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943.
Dan Rather broadcast journalist, known for american broadcast journalist, was born on 1932-10-31. Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.
Hobart "Hobie" Alter, American athlete, known for american businessman, was born on 1933-10-31.
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) is the national scouting organization of the Philippines in the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
Valencia, officially València, is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain.
Great Depression: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a 15-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public
A clothing factory fire in Huddersfield, England, kills 49
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert campaign of World War II, fought in Egypt between Axis (German and Italian) forces of the Panzer Army Africa—which...
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football franchise based in the Washington metropolitan area.
Chief of Staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of the Universal Commission
Dutch Nazi Henri "Hakkie" Holdert, director of Amsterdam paper De Telegraaf (The Telegraph) and member of the SS, is sentenced to 12 years imprisonment
French Second Chamber accepts the Schuman Plan
The first thermonuclear bomb is detonated at Marshall Islands
TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
Algerian Revolution against the French begins
Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (5 July 1900 – 17 December 1987) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
American Navy pilot Conrad "Gus" Shinn is the first person to land a plane at the South Pole
Cyclone hits the coast of the Gulf of Bengal, killing about 10,000 people
Federal judge rules that laws against integrated playing fields in Birmingham, Alabama, are illegal
Reza Pahlavi, Iranian prince and political activist, known for iranian prince and political activist, was born on 1961-10-31.
The horror film "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?," based on the novel by Henry Farrell, directed by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, is released
Peter Jackson, New Zealand zealand filmmaker, known for new zealand filmmaker, was born on 1962-10-31. Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand filmmaker.
Barbra Streisand's "People" album hits #1 and stays there for five weeks
Marco van Basten, Dutch athlete, known for dutch football player and manager, was born on 1965-10-31.
KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting
Linda Eastman moves to the UK permanently
Vanilla Ice, American rapper, known for american rapper, was born on 1968-10-31. Robert Matthew Van Winkle, known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host.
Eastside race riot in Jacksonville, Florida
Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine for indecent exposure and open profanity, though remains free on a $50,000 bond pending appeal
From 1969 until 1997, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) conducted an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England, aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland...
Two Catholic children (6 and 4) playing in the street are killed in an Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) car bomb attack on a bar in Ship Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers escape from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin using a hijacked helicopter
Dutch Marines end a hostage crisis in Scheveningen prison
Ted Bundy victim Laura Aime disappears in Utah
NBA legend Larry Bird (19) divorces highschool sweetheart Janet Condra only 11 months after getting married
Iranian oil workers go on strike
The Cy Young Award, officially the Cy Young Memorial Award, is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL).
Julian Nott sets a world hot air balloon altitude record of 16,806 m
Pipes of Peace is the fourth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney. It was released on 31 October 1983.
Howard Lindsay Goodall is an English composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programmes for television and radio, for which he has won many awards.
Indira Gandhi dies
Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 – 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui.
American jockey Chris Antley becomes the first rider to win nine races in a day (four at Aqueduct and five at Meadowlands)
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Canadian province of Ontario to the north (through Lake Erie), Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast,...
France is one of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but is not known to possess or develop any chemical or biological weapons.
Waqar Younis Maitla HI (Punjabi, Urdu: وقار یونس میتلا; born 16 November 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team.
The Madrid Conference of 1991 was a peace conference, held from 30 October to 1 November 1991 in Madrid, hosted by Spain and co-sponsored by the Soviet Union and the United States.
Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky dive
25 people are killed during a Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.
American Eagle Flight 4184, officially operating as Simmons Airlines Flight 4184, was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois, United States.
American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14-year-old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California
American jam band Phish performs The Who's "Quadrophenia" as a musical costume during a show at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 8th (and final) divorce from American construction worker Larry Fortensky, after 5 years of marriage
American jam band Phish performs The Talking Heads' "Remain In Light" as a musical costume during a show at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia
American jam band Phish performs The Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll" as a musical costume during a show at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada in Paradise, Nevada
Marcus Rashford, English athlete, known for english footballer, was born on 1998-10-31.
EgyptAir Flight 990, traveling from New York City to Cairo, crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board
A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola, killing 50
Willow Smith, American singer, known for american singer, was born on 2001-10-31. Willow Smith, also known mononymously as Willow, is an American singer, actress, and dancer.
A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas, formally indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer
A bankruptcy court approves MCI's reorganization plans, essentially clearing the telecommunications company to exit bankruptcy
Bethany Meilani Hamilton is an American professional surfer and writer. On October 31, 2003, she survived a shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off; ultimately, she returned to professional...
White Paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" is published by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto; it describes a decentralized peer-to-peer network that could track and verify transactions while producing a transparent, verifiable record.
The economy of Ireland is a highly developed knowledge economy, focused on services in high-tech, life sciences, financial services and agribusiness, including agrifood.
In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently alive. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded 8 billion (8,000,000,000) on November 15, 2022.
Socialite and model Kim Kardashian (31) divorces basketball player Kris Humphries (26) due to irreconcilable differences only 72 days after getting married
New York was severely affected by Hurricane Sandy on October 29–30, 2012, particularly New York City, its suburbs, and Long Island.
8th Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham, London: All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter lands 4 penalties and 2 conversions as New Zealand defeats Australia 34-17
Michel Naim Aoun is a Lebanese politician and former general who served as the 13th president of Lebanon from 31 October 2016 to 30 October 2022. Born in Haret Hreik to a Maronite Christian family,...
A judge on Maui, Hawaii, orders a man to write 144 compliments to his ex-girlfriend after violating a protection order by sending her 144 malicious text messages and calls
Blackpink is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. The group is composed of four members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa.
A fire destroys most of historic Shuri Castle, once the seat of the Ryukyu Kingdom, on the island of Okinawa, Japan
Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
New Zealand Rugby Union team routs Australia 43-5 in Sydney to retain the Bledisloe Cup (2-1) for the 18th straight series; Wallabies' largest-ever defeat by All Blacks
World's largest solar farm goes live in Sirindhorn reservoir, Thailand, as a hydro-floating solar hybrid system the size of 70 football fields [1]
American rapper Young Thug (33) pleads guilty to street gang racketeering charges and no contest to related weapons and drug charges, ending a prolonged trial in Atlanta, Georgia; judge sentences him to time served plus 15 years of probation [1]