Peter Jackson
b. 1961
New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
On This Day · The 304th day of the year
October 31
A look at October 31 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Peter Jackson and Hokusai, and the day's notable deaths and observances.
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Events
10 notable moments- 2017
2017 New York City truck attack
A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.
Vehicle-ramming attack in Manhattan, - 2003
Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
Prime Minister of Malaysia - 2000
Singapore Airlines Flight 006
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
2000 aviation accident in - 1999
EgyptAir Flight 990
EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
1999 aircraft crash in - 1984
Indira Gandhi
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.
Prime Minister of India - 1973
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
Paramilitary force active from - 1963
1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion
Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis kills 81 people and injures another 400 during an ice show.
Mass casualty event in - 1941
USS Reuben James (DD-245)
World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
Clemson-class destroyer of the - 1917
World War I
World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
1914–1918 global conflict - 475
Romulus Augustulus
Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
Western Roman emperor from
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Famous birthday twins
Born on October 31Hokusai
b. 1760
Japanese artist and printmaker
Vallabhbhai Patel
b. 1875
Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India
Herman Van Rompuy
b. 1947
Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium
Kerron Clement
b. 1985
American hurdler and sprinter
Chiang Kai-shek
b. 1887
Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China
Fritz Walter
b. 1920
German footballer
Edmund Sharpe
b. 1809
English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer
Deaths
- 2020Sean Connery, Scottish actor
- 2012Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer
- 1993Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1984Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India
- 1517Fra Bartolomeo, Italian artist
- 1448John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
Holidays & observances
- —Christian feast day: Alphonsus Rodriguez
- —Christian feast day: Ampliatus
- —Christian feast day: Begu
- —Christian feast day: Erc of Slane (in Cornwall)
- —Christian feast day: Foillan (in Namur)
- —Christian feast day: Martin Luther (Anglican Communion)
- —Christian feast day: Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church)
- —Christian feast day: Quentin
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