Page 4: Historical Events In October - 31

1916  Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in NYC.   

1916  Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden   

1917  Australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine   

1917  In this year, Major George R. Pearkes (5th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) claims the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

1917  Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC   

1917  Erik Routley, composer.   

1917  Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies   

1918  Spanish flu-virus results in the deaths of 21000 in US in 1 week.   

1918  Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28   

1919  Magnus Wenninger, American priest, author of Polyhedron models   

1920  Romania annexes Bessarabia   

1920  Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes).   

1921  Federation Sportive Feminine Intl forms (1st woman track and field assn).   

1922  Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) is recorded as becoming premier of Italy.   

1922  Benito Mussolini is recorded as becoming Prime Minister and Dictator of Italy.   

1922  Barbara Bel Geddes, NYC, actress (Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught).   

1923  160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins   

1923  Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam NY, CEO (Avon).   

1924  World Savings Day was announced in Milano/Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks)   

1925  In this year, Cossack officer Reza Chan formally adopts in place of sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia.   

1925  Max Linder, actor (Man in the Silk Hat), dies at 41   

1926  Shirley Dinsdale, SF Calif, ventriloquist (Judy Splinters)   

1926  Harry Houdini, [Erich Weisz], magician, dies in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured   

1927  Lee Grant, [Lyova Haskell Rosenthal], NYC, actress (Shampoo, Landlord).   

1928  Andrew Sarris, movie critic (Village Voice).   

1929  Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It).   

1930  Michael Collins, Rome, Mjr Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11)   

1931  Dan Rather, Wharton Tx, news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes).   

1932  Greek govt of Venizelos falls   

1936  The Boy Scouts of the Philippines was formed.   

1937  Spanish govt moves from Valencia to Barcelona   

1938  Orson Wells' radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" in Mercury Theatre's Halloween treat, tricks thousands.   

1938  Great Depression: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.   

1939  27 U boats sunk this month (135000 ton).   

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1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) was born on October - 31.   

1424  On October - 31 birth of wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary   

1538  On October - 31 birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)   

1541  Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer was born on October - 31.   

1599  Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)   

1622  Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694) was born on October - 31.   

1147  Death of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090) on October - 31.   

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.   

1517  On this day in history death of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472)   

1556  John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 on October - 31.   

1634  On this day in history erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

1641  On October - 31 cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41   

1654  Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)