Page 5: Historical Events In October - 31

1939  On this day in history otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies   

1940  Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto on this day in history.   

1940  63 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) on October - 31.   

1941  13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history herwarth Walden, writer, dies at 63   

1942  On this day in history 94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton)   

1943  Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10) on October - 31.   

1943  On this day in history max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies   

1944  On this day in history chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission   

1945  On this day in history the birth of Barrie Keefe, American writer   

1945  Henry Ainley, actor (As You Like It), dies at 66 on October - 31.   

1948  Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies on October - 31.   

1949  On October - 31 "Regina" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 86 performances   

1949  On October - 31 edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies   

1950  On October - 31 collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC   

1950  Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC on October - 31.   

1950  On October - 31 carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Lost Paradise), dies at 72   

1951  Second Chamber accept plan-Schuman on this day in history.   

1952  First thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands on this day in history.   

1952  US detonate first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific on this day in history.   

1952  On October - 31 1st thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands   

1953  On October - 31 tV broadcasting begins in Belgium   

1954  On October - 31 algerian Revolution against French begins   

1955  On October - 31 mgr Alfrink appointed archbishop of Utrecht   

1956  On October - 31 britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal   

1956  Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service on October - 31.   

1956  On this day in history first American to land an airplane at South Pole-Rear Adm GJ Dufek   

1956  On October - 31 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole-Rear Adm GJ Dufek   

1957  "Jamaica" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 558 performances on this day in history.   

1959  Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US on October - 31.   

1960  On this day in history cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die   

1960  H L Davis, US writer (Honey in the Horn, Pulitzer prize), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras   

1963  Ed Sullivan witnesses the Beatles and their fans at London Airport on October - 31.   

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1291  On October - 31 birth of philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet   

1345  On October - 31 birth of ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)   

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 October - 31.   

1620  John Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1448  On this day in history johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on this day in history.   

1556  On October - 31 john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

1634  On October - 31 erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

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

1654  On October - 31 francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies   

1659  Death of John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602) on this day in history.