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 304^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 18, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,364,480 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.

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 109 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 4,697 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 31 Historical Events

• 1913 –
  The Indianapolis Street Car Strike and subsequent riot begins.
• 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).
• 1941 –
  A fire in a clothing factory in Huddersfield, England kills 49.
• 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.
• 1956 –
  Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1999 –
  EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.
• 2000 –
  A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50.

Who were born on October 31?

• 1291 –
  Philippe de Vitry, French composer (d. 1361)
• 1622 –
  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)
• 1795 –
  John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
• 1947 –
  Deidre Hall, American actress
• 1947 –
  Frank Shorter, American runner
• 1949 –
  Bob Siebenberg, American drummer
• 1950 –
  Jane Pauley, American news anchor
• 1963 –
  Fred McGriff, American baseball player
• 1972 –
  Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer
• 1975 –
  Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer

Who died on October 31?

• 1214 –
  Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1162)
• 1765 –
  Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (b. 1721)
• 1879 –
  Jacob Abbott, American author (b. 1803)
• 1913 –
  William Evans-Gordon, British politician (b. 1857)
• 1925 –
  Max Linder, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1959 –
  Jean Cabannes, French physicist (b. 1885)
• 1972 –
  Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1973 –
  Malek Bennabi, Algerian thinker (b. 1905)
• 2000 –
  Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2008 –
  Studs Terkel, American author and radio personality (b. 1912)