Tukuk-OS📅 October 31
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on October 31? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — An Uzbek immigrant drove a rented truck into cyclists and runners in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.
- 2005 — The discovery of the Plutonian moons Nix and Hydra, based on photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope nearly five months prior, was announced.
- 2003 — After 22 years in power, Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- 2000 — Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collided with construction equipment while attempting to take off from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan during heavy rain, killing 83 people aboard.
- 1999 — All 217 people on board EgyptAir Flight 990 perished when the aircraft suddenly crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- 1999 — Australian sailor Jesse Martin arrived in Melbourne, becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, and unassisted.
- 1984 — Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (pictured) was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that killed thousands of Sikhs.
- 1973 — Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the prison's exercise yard.
Provisional Irish Republican ArmyMountjoy Prison helicopter escapeMountjoy Prison
- 1963 — A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis killed 81 people and injured about 400 others.
1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosionCorteva Coliseum
- 1941 — Approximately 400 workers completed the 60-foot (18 m) busts of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
- 1941 — 100 crew members of the USS Reuben James perished when their vessel became the first US Navy ship sunk by hostile action during World War II after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-552.
- 1917 — World War I: Allied forces defeated Turkish troops in Beersheba in Southern Palestine at the Battle of Beersheba, with the battle involving one of the last successful cavalry charges.
- 1913 — Public-transportation workers in Indianapolis went on strike (pictured), shutting down mass transit in the city.
- 1517 — Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses onto the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
Martin LutherNinety-five ThesesAll Saints' Church, Wittenberg
- 475 — Romulus Augustulus took the throne as the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
Births
- 2005 — Leonor, Princess of Asturias
- 2002 — Ansu Fati
- 2000 — Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer
- 1999 — Danielle Rose Russell, American actress
- 1999 — Léa Serna, French figure skater
- 1997 — Siobhán Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong-Irish swimmer
- 1997 — Sydney Park, American actress and comedian
- 1997 — Marcus Rashford, English footballer
- 1997 — Holly Taylor, Canadian-American actress
- 1995 — Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player
- 1993 — Mercedes Arn-Horn, Canadian musician
- 1993 — Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer
Deaths
- 2023 — Ken Mattingly, American astronaut (born 1936)
- 2021 — Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer (born 1934)
- 2020 — Sean Connery, Scottish actor (born 1930)
- 2020 — MF Doom, British-American rapper and record producer (born 1971)
- 2018 — Willie McCovey, American baseball player (born 1938)
- 2015 — Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (born 1925)
- 2014 — David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (born 1926)
David Manker AbshireList of United States permanent representatives to NATO
- 2014 — Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (born 1975)
- 2014 — Brad Halsey, American baseball player (born 1981)
- 2014 — Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (born 1922)
- 2013 — Chris Chase (aka Irene Kane), American actress and author (born 1924)
- 2013 — Gérard de Villiers, French journalist and author (born 1929)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Alphonsus Rodriguez
- Christian feast day: Ampliatus
- Christian feast day: Begu
- Christian feast day: Blessed Dominic Collins
- Christian feast day: Epimachus of Pelusium
- Christian feast day: Erc of Slane (in Cornwall)
- Christian feast day: Foillan
- Christian feast day: Martin Luther (Anglican Communion)
- Christian feast day:
Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church)
Paul Shinji SasakiLindel TsenThe Calendar of the Church Year
- Christian feast day: Quentin
- Christian feast day: Blessed Theodore Romzha (Ruthenian Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Tommaso Bellacci
- Christian feast day: Wolfgang of Regensburg
- Christian feast day: 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)
- Halloween and related celebrations: Allantide (Cornwall)
- Halloween and related celebrations: Halloween (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
- Halloween and related celebrations: Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man)
- Halloween and related celebrations: 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)
- Halloween and related celebrations: 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)
- National Unity Day (India)
- Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches with a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones)
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