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 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 18, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,730,332,800 seconds 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 ‘trihectapentagon’ 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 90 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 4,332 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 31 Historical Events
- 475 –Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
- 1876 –A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.
- 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.
- 1941 –A fire in a clothing factory in Huddersfield, England kills 49.
- 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.
- 1994 –An American Eagle ATR-72 crashes in Roselawn, Indiana, after circling in icy weather, killing 68 passengers and crew.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2011 –The world population is now over 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations
Who were born on October 31?
- 1795 –John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
- 1920 –Joseph Gelineau French composer (d. 2008)
- 1929 –Bud Spencer, Italian actor
- 1941 –Derek Bell, British racing driver
- 1950 –Zaha Hadid, British architect
- 1957 –Shirley Phelps-Roper, American attorney
- 1961 –Alonzo Babers, American runner
- 1970 –Mitch Harris, American guitarist (Napalm Death)
- 1981 –Steven Hunter, American basketball player
- 1986 –Brent Corrigan, American pornographic actor
Who died on October 31?
- 1765 –Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (b. 1721)
- 1860 –Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (b. 1775)
- 1916 –Charles Taze Russell, American religious figure (b. 1852)
- 1925 –Max Linder, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1883)
- 1980 –Jan Werich, Czech actor, playwright and writer (b. 1905)
- 1984 –Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1986 –Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1896)
- 1988 –Alfred Pellan, Québécois painter (b. 1906)
- 1988 –John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor and director (b. 1902)
- 2002 –Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (b. 1903)
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