What are the important events that happened on October 31? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 31: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 31 is the 304th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 18, 2013 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 23,052,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetragon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac 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 92 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 314 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
Out of the blue someone is thinking of you today. If that special someone wants to buy a gift for you, which one will you choose: bath toys, training shoes or exercise machines?
October 31 Historical Events
- 1822 –Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Mexican Empire.
- 1917 –World War I: Battle of Beersheba – “last successful cavalry charge in history”.
- 1923 –The first of 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Australia.
- 1941 –After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
- 1944 –Dr. jur. Erich Göstl, a member of the Waffen SS, is awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, to recognise extreme battlefield bravery, after losing his face and eyes during the Battle of Normandy.
- 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 chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50.
- 2003 –Bethany Hamilton is attacked by a tiger shark and loses her left arm and three liters of blood.
- 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 world population is now over 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations
Who were born on October 31?
- 1291 –Philippe de Vitry, French composer (d. 1361)
- 1622 –Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)
- 1831 –Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)
- 1941 –Spilios Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
- 1948 –Michael Kitchen, British actor
- 1963 –Fred McGriff, American baseball player
- 1969 –David Coburn, American actor/voice actor
- 1980 –Alondra de la Parra, Mexican conductor
- 1982 –Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
- 1989 –Ben Brooks, British motocross racer
Who died on October 31?
- 1147 –Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. c.1090)
- 1517 –Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)
- 1723 –Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
- 1732 –Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (b. 1666)
- 1765 –Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (b. 1721)
- 1985 –Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (b. 1913)
- 1996 –Marcel Carné, French film director (b. 1906)
- 2000 –Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)
- 2009 –Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)
- 2010 –Maurice Lucas, American basketball player (b. 1952)
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