About October 31
October 31, 2024 is the 305th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Scorpio is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 90 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 31
- 475 –Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
- 1517 –Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.
- 1863 –The Maori Wars resumes as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
- 1876 –A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.
- 1913 –The Indianapolis Street Car Strike and subsequent riot begins.
- 1918 –Banat Republic is founded
- 1926 –Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.
- 1938 –Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
- 1943 –World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.
- 1954 –Algerian War of Independence: The Algerian National Liberation Front begins a revolt against French rule.
- 1961 –In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin’s body is removed from Lenin’s Tomb.
- 1963 –An explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people during an ice skating show. The explosion also injures 400. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand is blamed.
- 1984 –Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
- 1996 –A Fokker F100 operating as TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground.
- 2000 –A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 operating as Flight 006 collides with construction equipment upon takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan killing 79 passengers and four crew members.
- 2000 –A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50.
- 2002 –A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas 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.
- 2003 –A bankruptcy court approves MCI’s reorganization plans, essentially clearing the telecommunications company to exit bankruptcy.
- 2011 –The world population is now over 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations
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