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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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 18, 2020 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 445,584 hours 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.
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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 104 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 2,871 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 31 Historical Events
- 1954 –Algerian War of Independence: The Algerian National Liberation Front begins a revolt against French rule.
- 1959 –Lee Harvey Oswald attempts to renounce his American citizenship at the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR.
- 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.
- 1999 –Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
- 2003 –Bethany Hamilton is attacked by a tiger shark and loses her left arm and three liters of blood.
Who were born on October 31?
- 1920 –Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002)
- 1941 –Derek Bell, British racing driver
- 1961 –Larry Mullen, Irish drummer (U2)
- 1974 –Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist (d. 2007)
- 1988 –Sébastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver
Who died on October 31?
- 1913 –William Evans-Gordon, British politician (b. 1857)
- 1984 –Indira Gandhi, Indian politician (b. 1917)
- 1985 –Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
- 1988 –Alfred Pellan, Québécois painter (b. 1906)
- 2010 –Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer and special counsel to John F. Kennedy (b. 1928)
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