Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In October - 31
Saturday, 20 April 2024
1988 On this day in history john Houseman, actor (Paper Chase, Fog), dies of spinal cancer at 86 
1989 Conrad Beck, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history graig Russel, Canadian travel expert/transvestite, dies
1991 Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million), dies of cancer at 97 on October - 31.
1993 On this day in history adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52
1994 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian, dies at 80 on October - 31.
1995 Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94 on October - 31.
2005 On this day in history beginning of the revelation of the 205 Sony CD copy protection scandal.
2005 On October - 31 birth of Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife Letizia
2005 President George W. Bush nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on this day in history.
2007 On this day in history a bus bomb in the central Russian city of Tolyatti kills 8 and injures over 50 people.
2007 World Economic Forum releases The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008, at 11:00 CET on this day in history.
2011 UNESCO admitted Palestine as a member, following a vote in which 107 member states supported and 14 opposed on October - 31.
2011 On October - 31 date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reaches seven billion.
2017 On this day in history two men convicted of raping and inpregnating their 10 year old niece in Chandigarh, India
2017 Judge on Maui, Hawaii orders man to write ex-girlfriend 144 compliments after violating protection order to send 144 nasty text messages on this day in history.
2017 John Kelly White House Chief of Staff comments in TV interview that “the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War", draws criticism on this day in history.
2017 Terrorist attack in New York when a truck mows down people on a cycle lane, killing 8, injuring 10 on October - 31.
2017 On this day in history takahiro Shiraishi arrested in Zama, Japan, a day after nine dismembered bodies found in his apartment
2018 On this day in history in landmark verdict, Pakistani Supreme Court acquits Christian woman of blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed after eight years on death row
2018 On this day in history uS and Great Britain call for a cease-fire in Saudi-led war in Yemen, in 3-year war that has claimed over 10,000 lives and created famine conditions
2018 On October - 31 worlds biggest statue unveiled of Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at 182 meters in Gujarat state
2018 BLACKPINK become the first K-pop girl group to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 with multiple hits on this day in history.
2019 A fire destroys much of the 500-year-old Japanese Shuri Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October - 31.
2019 A train catches fire near Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan. The blaze, sparked by gas used by passengers cooking on board, kills at least 74 people on October - 31.
2019 On October - 31 heavy rain and flooding leave 3 dead and 200,000 people are homeless in Beledweyne, Somalia. Meanwhile, 29 are dead and 29,000 homeless due to flooding in nearby Kenya.November 2 - Pirates take nine crew members from Norwegian ship MV Bonita, owned by J. J. Ugland, near Cotonou, Benin.
2020 On this day in history typhoon Goni makes landfall in the Philippines, becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in history, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and killing dozens of people in the region.
2021 The 2021 Japanese general election is held, with Fumio Kishida and the Liberal Democratic Party along with its coalition partner Komeito retaining a majority government on this day in history.
2021 The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held, after being postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19. A deal is agreed by world leaders, which includes a "phasedown" of unabated coal power, a 30% cut in methane emissions by 2030, plans for a halt to deforestation by 2030, and increased financial support for developing countries on October - 31.
2023 On this day in history kenyan President William Ruto, holds state banquet for King Charles III in Nairobi, whose speech acknowledges “the wrongdoings of the past are a cause of the greatest sorrow and the deepest regret” [1]