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 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.
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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 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.
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October 31 Historical Events
- 475 –Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
- 1864 –Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
- 1926 –Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.
- 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 –After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
- 1943 –World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.
- 1956 –Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
- 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.
- 1984 –Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
- 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.
Who were born on October 31?
- 1825 –Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892)
- 1875 –Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950)
- 1941 –Derek Bell, British racing driver
- 1943 –Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970)
- 1946 –Norman Lovett, British actor
- 1964 –Marty Wright, American professional wrestler
- 1973 –Paul Abrahams, English footballer
- 1977 –Séverine Ferrer, French singer
- 1984 –Scott Clifton, American actor
- 1988 –Cole Aldrich, American basketball player
Who died on October 31?
- 1641 –Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral and privateer (b. 1597)
- 1659 –John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)
- 1723 –Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
- 1884 –Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858)
- 1959 –Jean Cabannes, French physicist (b. 1885)
- 1975 –SD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1906)
- 1986 –Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1896)
- 2000 –Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)
- 2005 –Mary Wimbush, English actress (b. 1924)
- 2009 –Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)
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