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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 October
October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
61 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
475 – Romulus Augustulus is
proclaimed Western Roman
Emperor. ·
683 –
During the Siege of Mecca,
the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. ·
802 –
Empress Irene is deposed
and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators
place Nikephoros, the
minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne. ·
932 – Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting
against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar.
Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen
to succeed him. ·
1517 – Protestant
Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle
Church in Wittenberg. ·
1587 – Leiden
University Library opens its doors after its founding
in 1575. ·
1614 –
First performance of Ben Jonson's
comedy Bartholomew Fair by
the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London. ·
1822 –
Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts
to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire. ·
1863 –
The New Zealand Wars resume
as British forces
in New Zealand led by General Duncan
Cameron begin their Invasion of the
Waikato. ·
1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. ·
1903 –
The Purdue Wreck, a
railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14
players of the Purdue University football
team. ·
1913 –
Dedication of the Lincoln Highway,
the first automobile highway across United States. ·
1913
– The Indianapolis
Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins. ·
1917 –
World War I: Battle of
Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in
history". ·
1918 –
World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates
the Austro-Hungarian
Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty. ·
1922 – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of
Italy ·
1923 –
The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar,
Western Australia. ·
1924 – World Savings Day is
announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association
at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of
Savings Banks). ·
1926 –
Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo,
thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime ·
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. ·
1940 –
World War II: The Battle of Britain ends:
The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion. ·
1941 –
After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed. ·
1941
– World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben
James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy
sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII. ·
1943 –
World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes
the first successful radar-guided interception
by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft. ·
1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France
begin bombing Egypt to
force the reopening of the Suez Canal. ·
1956
– Hungarian
Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in
Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's
announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are
reformed, and the MDP is
replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is
released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to
crush the Revolution. ·
1961 –
In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from
the Lenin's Mausoleum,
also known as the Lenin Tomb. ·
1963 –
A propane tank explosion at the Indiana
State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers
Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400
during an ice skating show. ·
1968 – Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the
Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces
to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air,
naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1. ·
1973 – Mountjoy
Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional
Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter
that landed in the exercise yard. ·
1979 – Western
Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people. ·
1984 –
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by
two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in
New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed. ·
1994 – American Eagle
Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing
all 68 people on board.[1] ·
1996 – TAM
Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil,
killing 99 people. ·
1998 – Iraq disarmament
crisis begins: Iraq announces
it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors. ·
1999 – Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo,
non-stop and unassisted. ·
1999
– EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes
into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board. ·
2000 – Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the
first resident crew to the International
Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then. ·
2000
– Singapore
Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83. ·
2002 –
A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron 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 – Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns
as Prime Minister
of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power. ·
2011 –
The global population of
humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion. ·
2014 –
During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental
spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic
in-flight breakup and crashes in
the Mojave Desert, California, ·
2015 – Metrojet Flight 9268 is
bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on
board. ·
2017 – A truck
drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing
eight people. Births[edit] ·
1345 – Ferdinand I,
king of Portugal (d.
1383) ·
1391 – Edward, King of
Portugal (d. 1438) ·
1424 – Władysław
III, king of Poland (d. 1444) ·
1445 – Hedwig,
Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1511) ·
1472 – Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar
(d. 1529) ·
1542 – Henriette of Cleves,
Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (d. 1601) ·
1599 – Denzil
Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (d. 1680) ·
1620 – John Evelyn, English gardener and author (d.
1706) ·
1632 – Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (d. 1675) ·
1636 – Ferdinand
Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679) ·
1638 – Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter (d. 1709) ·
1686 – Senesino, Italian singer and actor (d. 1758) ·
1692 – Anne Claude de
Caylus, French archaeologist and author (d. 1765) ·
1694 – Yeongjo of Joseon (d.
1776) ·
1705 – Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774) ·
1711 – Laura Bassi, Italian physician, physicist,
and academic (d. 1778)[2] ·
1714 – Hedvig Taube, Swedish courtier (d. 1744) ·
1724 – Christopher Anstey,
English author and poet (d. 1805) ·
1729 – Alonso
Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Spanish cleric, Archbishop of
Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain (d.
1800) ·
1737 – James
Lovell, American educator and politician (d. 1789) ·
1760 – Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese artist and
printmaker (d. 1849) ·
1795 – John Keats, English poet (d. 1821) ·
1815 – Thomas
Chapman, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania (d.
1884) ·
1815
– Karl Weierstrass,
German mathematician and academic (d. 1897) ·
1825 – Charles Lavigerie,
French-Algerian cardinal and academic (d. 1892) ·
1831 – Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist,
physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1910) ·
1835 – Adelbert Ames, American general and
politician, 27th Governor of
Mississippi (d. 1933) ·
1835
– Krišjānis
Barons, Latvian linguist and author (d. 1923) ·
1835
– Adolf von Baeyer,
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1917) ·
1838 – Luís I of Portugal (d.
1889) ·
1847 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and
engineer (d. 1897) ·
1848 – Boston Custer, American soldier (d. 1876) ·
1849 – Marie Louise Andrews,
American story writer and journalist (d. 1891) ·
1851 – Louise of Sweden (d. 1926) ·
1856 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist and
skydiver (d. 1889) ·
1858 – Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril,
Indian Orthodox Saint (d. 1934) ·
1860 – Juliette Gordon Low,
American scout leader, founded the Girl
Scouts of the United States of America (d. 1927) ·
1860
– Andrew Volstead,
American politician (d. 1947) ·
1868 – John Weir Troy, American journalist, and
politician, 5th Governor of
the Territory of Alaska (d.
1942) ·
1875 – Eugene Meyer,
American businessman and publisher (d. 1954) ·
1875
– Vallabhbhai Patel,
Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy
Prime Minister of India (d. 1950) ·
1876 – Natalie Clifford
Barney, American poet and playwright (d. 1972) ·
1879 – Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and
composer (d. 1941) ·
1880 – Julia Peterkin, American author (d. 1961) ·
1880
– Mikhail Tomsky,
Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1936) ·
1881 – Toshizō Nishio,
Japanese general (d. 1960) ·
1883 – Marie Laurencin, French painter and
illustrator (d. 1956) ·
1883
– Anthony Wilding,
New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (d. 1915) ·
1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and
politician, 1st President
of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1975) ·
1887
– Newsy Lalonde,
Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (d. 1970) ·
1888 – Napoleon Lapathiotis,
Greek poet and author (d. 1944) ·
1892 – Alexander Alekhine,
Russian chess player and author (d. 1946) ·
1895 – Les Darcy, Australian boxer (d. 1917) ·
1895
– B. H. Liddell Hart,
English soldier, historian, and theorist (d. 1970) ·
1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress
(d. 1977) ·
1897 – Constance Savery, English author (d. 1999)[3] ·
1900 – Asbjørg Borgfelt,
Norwegian sculptor (d. 1976) ·
1902 – Carlos
Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (d. 1987) ·
1902
– Julia Lee,
American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958) ·
1902
– Abraham Wald,
Romanian mathematician and economist (d. 1950) ·
1907 – Edgar Sampson, American musician and
composer (d. 1973) ·
1908 – Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (d.
2009) ·
1912 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and
actress (d. 2001) ·
1912
– Ollie Johnston,
American animator and voice actor (d. 2008) ·
1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer
(d. 1995) ·
1915 – Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer
(d. 2010) ·
1916 – Count
Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012) ·
1917 – William H.
McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016) ·
1917
– Gordon Steege,
Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013) ·
1918 – Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and
academic (d. 2007) ·
1919 – Daphne Oxenford, English actress (d. 2012) ·
1919
– Magnus Wenninger,
American mathematician and author (d. 2017) ·
1920 – Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and
author (d. 2010) ·
1920
– Joseph Gelineau,
French priest and composer (d. 2008) ·
1920
– Helmut Newton,
German-Australian photographer (d. 2004) ·
1920
– Fritz Walter,
German footballer (d. 2002) ·
1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes,
American actress (d. 2005) ·
1922
– Illinois Jacquet,
American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004) ·
1922
– Norodom Sihanouk,
Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister
of Cambodia (d. 2012) ·
1925 – Lawrence A. Cremin,
American historian and author (d. 1990) ·
1925
– John Pople, English-American chemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2004) ·
1925
– Robert B. Rheault,
American colonel (d. 2013) ·
1926 – Jimmy Savile, English radio and television
host (d. 2011) ·
1928 – Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator
(d. 2012) ·
1929 – William
Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (d. 2014) ·
1929
– Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and
screenwriter (d. 2016) ·
1930 – Michael
Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut ·
1930
– Booker Ervin,
American saxophonist (d. 1970) ·
1931 – Dan Rather, American journalist ·
1933 – Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach ·
1933
– Iemasa Kayumi,
Japanese voice actor (d. 2014) ·
1935 – Dale Brown,
American basketball player and coach ·
1935
– Ronald Graham,
American mathematician and theorist ·
1935
– David Harvey,
English-American geographer and academic ·
1936 – Michael Landon, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991) ·
1937 – Tom Paxton, American folk music
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1939 – Tom O'Connor,
English actor and game show host ·
1939
– Ron Rifkin, American actor ·
1939
– Ali Farka Touré,
Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006) ·
1940 – Craig Rodwell, American businessman and
activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (d.
1993) ·
1940
– Judith
Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English businesswoman and politician ·
1941 – Dan Alderson, American scientist and
academic (d. 1989) ·
1941
– Derek Bell,
English race car driver ·
1941
– Sally Kirkland,
American actress ·
1941
– Werner Krieglstein,
Czech-American philosopher and academic ·
1942 – David Ogden Stiers,
American actor (d. 2018) ·
1943 – Elliott
Forbes-Robinson, American race car driver ·
1943
– Paul Frampton,
English-American physicist and academic ·
1943
– Aristotelis Pavlidis,
Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister
for the Aegean and Island Policy ·
1943
– Brian Piccolo,
American football player (d. 1970) ·
1945 – Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1945
– Brian Doyle-Murray,
American actor and comedian ·
1945
– Barrie Keeffe,
English playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2019) ·
1946 – Stephen Rea, Irish actor ·
1947 – Deidre Hall, American actress ·
1947
– Frank Shorter,
American runner and sportscaster ·
1947
– Herman Van Rompuy,
Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister
of Belgium ·
1948 – Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer ·
1948
– Franco Gasparri,
Italian actor (d. 1999) ·
1949 – Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat ·
1949
– Bob Siebenberg,
American drummer (Supertramp) ·
1949
– Alison Wolf, English economist and academic ·
1950 – John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and
screenwriter (d. 1994) ·
1950
– Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and
academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (d. 2016) ·
1950
– Jane Pauley, American journalist ·
1950
– Antonio Taguba,
Filipino-American general ·
1951 – Nick Saban, American football player and
coach ·
1951
– Dave Trembley,
American baseball player, coach, and manager ·
1952 – Bernard Edwards, American bass player,
songwriter, and producer (d. 1996) ·
1952
– Joe West,
American baseball umpire and actor ·
1953 – John Lucas II, American basketball player
and coach ·
1954 – Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress ·
1954
– Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter ·
1955 – Michalis
Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order ·
1955
– Susan Orlean,
American journalist and author ·
1956 – Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic ·
1956
– Christopher de Leon,
Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician ·
1956
– Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician ·
1956
– Charles Moore,
English journalist and author ·
1957 – Brian Stokes
Mitchell, American singer and actor ·
1957
– Robert Pollard,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1959 – Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player ·
1959
– Neal Stephenson,
American author ·
1960 – Arnaud Desplechin,
French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter ·
1960
– Luis Fortuño,
Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of
Puerto Rico ·
1960
– Mike Gallego,
American baseball player and coach ·
1960
– Reza
Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran ·
1961 – Alonzo Babers, American runner and pilot ·
1961
– Kate Campbell,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1961
– Peter Jackson,
New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1961
– Larry Mullen, Jr.,
Irish musician, songwriter, and actor ·
1962 – Jonathan Borden, American neurosurgeon and
academic ·
1962
– Anna Geifman,
American historian, author, and academic ·
1962
– John Giannini,
American basketball player and coach ·
1962
– Mari Jungstedt,
Swedish journalist and author ·
1962
– Raphael Rabello,
Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1995) ·
1962
– Dan Wood,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1963 – Mikkey Dee, Swedish hard rock drummer and
musician ·
1963
– Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1963
– Dermot Mulroney,
American actor ·
1963
– Rob Schneider,
American actor and comedian ·
1963
– Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager ·
1964 – Frank Bruni, American journalist and critic ·
1964
– Colm Ó Cíosóig,
Irish musician (My Bloody
Valentine) ·
1964
– Marco van Basten,
Dutch footballer and manager ·
1964
– Darryl Worley,
American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1965 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and
sculptor (d. 2014) ·
1965
– Blue Edwards,
American basketball player ·
1965
– Ruud Hesp, Dutch footballer ·
1965
– Denis Irwin, Irish footballer and journalist ·
1965
– Rob Rackstraw,
English voice actor ·
1966 – Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and
actor ·
1966
– Koji Kanemoto,
Japanese wrestler ·
1966
– Annabella Lwin,
Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter (Bow Wow Wow) and record producer ·
1966
– Mike O'Malley,
American actor and comedian ·
1967 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television
personality, and real estate investor ·
1967
– Buddy Lazier,
American race car driver ·
1967
– Adam Schlesinger,
American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2020) ·
1968 – Antonio Davis, American basketball player
and sportscaster ·
1970 – Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base) ·
1971 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player
(d. 2004) ·
1971
– Irina Pantaeva,
Russian model and actress ·
1971
– Tom
Smith, English-Scottish rugby player and coach ·
1971
– Phil Tataurangi,
New Zealand golfer ·
1971
– Ian Walker,
English footballer and manager ·
1972 – Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer and
manager ·
1972
– Matt Dawson, English rugby player ·
1972
– Grigoris Georgatos,
Greek footballer ·
1973 – Paul Abrahams, English footballer and coach ·
1973
– Christopher Bevins,
American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1973
– Tim Byrdak, American baseball player ·
1973
– David Dellucci,
American baseball player and sportscaster ·
1973
– Beverly Lynne,
American actress ·
1974 – Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer ·
1974
– Roger Manganelli,
Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player ·
1975 – Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and
manager ·
1975
– Keith Jardine,
American mixed martial artist and actor ·
1975
– Johnny Whitworth,
American actor and producer ·
1976 – Guti,
Spanish footballer ·
1976
– Piper Perabo,
American actress and producer ·
1978 – Inka Grings, German footballer and manager ·
1978
– Emmanuel Izonritei,
Nigerian boxer ·
1978
– Marek Saganowski,
Polish footballer ·
1978
– Martin Verkerk,
Dutch tennis player ·
1979 – Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer ·
1979
– Simão Sabrosa,
Portuguese footballer ·
1980 – Samaire Armstrong,
American model, actress, and fashion designer ·
1980
– Alondra de la Parra,
Mexican-American pianist and conductor ·
1980
– Marcel Meeuwis,
Dutch footballer ·
1980
– Eddie Kaye Thomas,
American actor and voice artist ·
1981 – Irina Denezhkina, Russian author ·
1981
– Steven Hunter,
American basketball player ·
1981
– Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1981
– Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress ·
1981
– Mike Napoli, American baseball player ·
1982 – Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and
umpire ·
1982
– Tomáš Plekanec,
Czech ice hockey player ·
1982
– Justin Chatwin,
Canadian actor ·
1983 – Adam Bouska, American photographer and
activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign ·
1984 – Pat Murray,
American football player ·
1984
– Amanda Pascoe,
Australian swimmer ·
1985 – Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier ·
1985
– Kerron Clement,
American hurdler and sprinter[4] ·
1986 – Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver ·
1986
– Christie Hayes,
Australian actress and producer ·
1987 – Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1987
– Jean-Karl Vernay,
French race car driver ·
1988 – Cole Aldrich, American basketball player ·
1988
– Sébastien Buemi,
Swiss race car driver ·
1988
– Jack Riewoldt,
Australian footballer ·
1988
– Lizzy Yarnold,
British skeleton racer ·
1989 – Josh Hodgson, English rugby league player ·
1989
– Warren Weir, Jamaican sprinter ·
1993 – Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer ·
1993
– Mercedes Arn-Horn,
Canadian musician (Courage My Love) ·
1995 – Joana Valle Costa,
Portuguese tennis player ·
1997 – Marcus Rashford, English footballer ·
1999 – Léa Serna, French figure skater ·
2000 – Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and
dancer ·
2005 – Leonor,
Princess of Asturias Deaths[edit] ·
932 – Al-Muqtadir, Abbasid caliph (b. 895) ·
994 – Wolfgang of
Regensburg, German bishop and saint (b. 934) ·
1005 – Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (b. 921) ·
1034 – Deokjong,
Korean ruler (b. 1016) ·
1147 – Robert,
1st Earl of Gloucester, son of Henry I of England (b.
1100) ·
1214 – Eleanor
of England, queen consort of Castile (b. 1163) ·
1320 – Ricold of Monte
Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242) ·
1335 – Marie of Évreux,
Duchess Consort of Brabant (b. 1303) ·
1448 – John VIII
Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1390) ·
1517 – Fra Bartolomeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) ·
1641 – Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (b. 1597) ·
1659 – John Bradshaw,
English lawyer and judge, Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1602) ·
1661 – Köprülü Mehmed Pasha,
Ottoman politician, 109th Grand
Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1575) ·
1723 – Cosimo
III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642) ·
1732 – Victor
Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1666) ·
1733 – Eberhard
Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676) ·
1744 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694) ·
1768 – Francesco Maria
Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690) ·
1806 – Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist and
printmaker (b. ca. 1753) ·
1860 – Thomas
Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and
politician (b. 1775) ·
1869 – Charles A. Wickliffe,
American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b.
1788) ·
1879 – Jacob Abbott, American author and academic
(b. 1803) ·
1879
– Joseph Hooker,
American general (b. 1814) ·
1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff,
Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858) ·
1905 – Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian
politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b.
1828) ·
1913 – William Evans-Gordon,
English soldier and politician (b. 1857) ·
1916 – Charles Taze Russell,
American minister (b. 1852) ·
1916
– Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and
statesman (b. 1874) ·
1918 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890) ·
1920 – Alphonse
Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854) ·
1925 – Max Linder, French actor, director, and
screenwriter (b. 1883) ·
1925
– Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior
to the Russian
Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885) ·
1926 – Harry Houdini, American magician and
stuntman (b. 1874) ·
1929 – António José de
Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President
of Portugal (b. 1866) ·
1929
– Norman Pritchard,
Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877) ·
1931 – Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author
(b. 1851) ·
1939 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author,
and educator (b. 1884) ·
1952 – Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician
(b. 1879) ·
1959 – Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic
(b. 1885) ·
1960 – H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b.
1894) ·
1962 – Gabrielle Renaudot
Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877) ·
1963 – Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer
(b. 1902) ·
1972 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach (b. 1916) ·
1973 – Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and
author (b. 1905) ·
1975 – Sachin Dev Burman,
Indian composer and singer (b. 1906) ·
1977 – C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator
(b. 1904) ·
1980 – Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b.
1905) ·
1983 – George Halas, American football player and
coach (b. 1895) ·
1983
– Lu Jiaxi,
Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935) ·
1983
– Sharof Rashidov,
Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b.
1917) ·
1984 – Eduardo De Filippo,
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900) ·
1984
– Indira Gandhi,
Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of
India (b. 1917) ·
1985 – Nikos Engonopoulos,
Greek painter and poet (b. 1907) ·
1985
– Poul Reichhardt,
Danish actor and singer (b. 1913) ·
1986 – Robert S. Mulliken,
American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1896) ·
1988 – John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor,
producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) ·
1988
– Alfred Pellan,
Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906) ·
1991 – Joseph Papp, American stage director and
producer (b. 1921) ·
1992 – Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player
(b. 1974) ·
1993 – Federico Fellini, Italian director and
screenwriter (b. 1920) ·
1993
– River Phoenix,
American actor and singer (b. 1970) ·
1995 – Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer
(b. 1938) ·
1996 – Marcel Carné, French director and
screenwriter (b. 1906) ·
1998 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b.
1935) ·
1998
– María
de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish nun and saint (Roman Catholic
Church) (b. 1926) ·
1999 – Greg Moore,
Canadian race car driver (b. 1975) ·
2000 – Ring Lardner, Jr.,
American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915) ·
2000
– Kazuki
Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (b. 1981) ·
2001 – Régine Cavagnoud,
French skier (b. 1970) ·
2002 – Lionel Poilâne,
French banker and businessman (b. 1945) ·
2002
– Michail
Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President
of Greece (b. 1903) ·
2002
– Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor
(b. 1916) ·
2003 – Richard Neustadt, American political
scientist and historian (b. 1919) ·
2005 – Hal Anger, American biophysicist and
engineer (b. 1920) ·
2005
– Amrita Pritam, Indian
author and poet (b. 1919) ·
2006 – P. W. Botha, South African soldier and
politician, State
President of South Africa (b. 1916) ·
2006
– Peter Fryer, English journalist and author
(b. 1927) ·
2007 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player,
sportscaster, and actor (b. 1951) ·
2007
– Erdal İnönü,
Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister
of Turkey (b. 1926) ·
2008 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author
(b. 1912) ·
2009 – Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and
author (b. 1921) ·
2009
– Tom Wheatcroft,
English businessman, founded the Donington
Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922) ·
2009
– Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and
academic (b. 1911) ·
2010 – Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b.
1928) ·
2011 – Flórián Albert,
Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941) ·
2011
– Roberto Lippi,
Italian race car driver (d. 1926) ·
2012 – Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer
(b. 1927) ·
2012
– John Fitch,
American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917) ·
2012
– John H. Reed,
American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (b.
1921) ·
2013 – Chris Chase, American actress and author (b.
1924) ·
2013
– Gérard de Villiers,
French journalist and author (b. 1929) ·
2013
– Trevor Kletz,
English chemist and author (b. 1922) ·
2013
– Johnny Kucks,
American baseball player (b. 1933) ·
2013
– Andres Narvasa,
Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b.
1928) ·
2013
– Bobby Parker,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) ·
2014 – David Manker Abshire,
American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b.
1926) ·
2014
– Michael Alsbury,
American engineer and pilot (b. 1975) ·
2014
– Brad Halsey, American baseball player (b.
1981) ·
2014
– Hitoshi Motoshima,
Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922) ·
2015 – Gus Savage, American businessman and
politician (b. 1925) ·
2018 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (b.
1938) Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Christian feast day: o Begu o Erc of Slane (in Cornwall) o Martin Luther (Anglican
Communion) o Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal
Church) o Quentin o Blessed Theodore Romzha (Ruthenian
Catholic Church) o October
31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Día de la
Canción Criolla (Peru) ·
Earliest
day on which All Saints Day can
fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October
31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden) ·
Hallowe'en
and related celebrations: o Halloween (Ireland,
Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places) o Samhain in the Northern
Hemisphere, Beltane in the
Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year) o The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2
(Mexico) ·
Girl Scouts Founders Day (United States) ·
King Father's
Birthday (Cambodia) ·
Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches with
a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones) |
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