SomeFacts | October 31

On this day - October 31

475 — Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.

683 — During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned ...

802 — Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators ...

932 — Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the ...

1517 — Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on ...

1587 — Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding ...

1822 — Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress ...

1837 — Approximately 300 Muscogee die in the steamboat Monmouth ...

1863 — The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand ...

1864 — Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.

1895 — The strongest earthquake in the Midwestern United States since ...

1903 — The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, ...

1907 — The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act, but ...

1913 — The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.

1913 — Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile ...

1917 — World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful ...

1918 — World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the ...

1922 — Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy.

1923 — The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble ...

1924 — World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members ...

1938 — Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, ...

1940 — World War II: The Battle of Britain ends, causing Germany to ...

1941 — World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a ...

1941 — After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.

1943 — World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful ...

1956 — Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is ...

1956 — Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt ...

1961 — In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from ...

1963 — Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: A gas ...

1968 — Great Drought of 1968: Amidst a collapse of hydropower ...

1968 — Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris ...

1973 — Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from ...

1979 — Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico ...

1984 — Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two ...

1994 — American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana ...

1996 — TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São ...

1998 — Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no ...

1999 — EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near ...

1999 — Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of ...

2000 — Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, ...

2000 — Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the ...

2002 — A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron ...

2003 — Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is ...

2011 — The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This ...

2014 — During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic ...

2015 — Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai ...

2017 — A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, ...

2020 — Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 ...