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October 31st Today's Highlights in History

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« on: October 31, 2009, 07:58:41 pm »

Saturday, October 31st
The 304th day of 2009.
There are 61 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History


   
   On Oct. 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards. (Go to article.)

On Oct. 31, 1887, Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese general and president whose regime collapsed to the Communists in 1949, was born. Following his death on April 5, 1975, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On October 31, 1863, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the controversial campaign of Clement Vallandignham, a leading Peace Democrat ("Copperhead"), for governor of Ohio. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:

1517    Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

1795    Poet John Keats was born in London.

1864    Nevada became the 36th state.

1926    Magician Harry Houdini died of complications from a ruptured appendix.

1938    The day after his "War of the Worlds" broadcast had panicked radio listeners, Orson Welles expressed "deep regret" but also bewilderment that anyone had thought the simulated Martian invasion was real.

1956    Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.

1968    President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations.

1991    Theatrical producer Joseph Papp died at age 70.

1992    It was announced that five American nuns in Liberia had been shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings were blamed on rebels loyal to Charles Taylor.

1993    Italian movie director Federico Fellini died at age 73.

1999    EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard.

2001    A 61-year-old New York hospital worker died from inhalation anthrax.

2001    Microsoft and the Justice Department reached a tentative agreement to settle the historic antitrust case against the software giant.

2005    President George W. Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

2006    P.W. Botha, South Africa's apartheid-era president, died at age 90.

2007    Three lead defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings were found guilty of mass murder and other charges, but four other top suspects were convicted on lesser charges and an accused ringleader was completely acquitted in the attacks that killed 191 people.

Current Birthdays

Larry Mullen Jr. turns 48 years old today.

AP Photo/Charles Sykes Rock musician Larry Mullen Jr. (U2) turns 48 years old today.


89    Dick Francis
Author

79    Michael Collins
Astronaut

78    Dan Rather
Broadcast journalist

72    Tom Paxton
Folk singer

70    Ron Rifkin
Actor ("Alias")

68    Sally Kirkland
Actress

67    David Ogden Stiers
Actor ("M.A.S.H.")

63    Stephen Rea
Actor

61    Deidre Hall
Actress

59    Jane Pauley
Broadcast journalist

51    Brian Stokes Mitchell
Actor

48    Peter Jackson
Director ("Lord of the Rings" movies)

46    Mikkey Dee
Rock musician (Motorhead)

46    Johnny Marr
Rock musician (The Smiths, Modest Mouse)

46    Dermot Mulroney
Actor

45    Rob Schneider
Actor, comedian ("Saturday Night Live")

45    Darryl Worley
Country singer

44    Mike O'Malley
Actor, comedian

43    Adrock
Musician (The Beastie Boys)

42    Adam Schlesinger
Rock musician (Fountains of Wayne)

41    Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice)
Rapper

41    Fred McGriff
Baseball player

39    Linn Berggren
Rock singer (Ace of Base)

36    Smokie Norful
Gospel singer

31    Brian Hallisay
Actor

29    Eddie Kaye Thomas
Actor ("American Pie" movies)

28    Frank Iero
Rock musician (My Chemical Romance)

Historic Birthdays

Chiang Kai-shek

10/31/1887 - 4/5/1975
Chinese president of Nationalist government (1928-49) and leader of Taiwan (1949-75)
(Go to obit.)

43    Jan Vermeer
10/31/1632 - 12/15/1675
Dutch painter

68    Clement XIV
10/31/1705 - 9/22/1774
Italian Roman Catholic pope (1769-74)

58    William Paca
10/31/1740 - 10/23/1799
American signer of the Declaration of Independence

25    John Keats
10/31/1795 - 2/23/1821
British poet

85    Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
10/31/1828 - 5/27/1914
English physicist and chemist

49    Galileo Ferraris
10/31/1847 - 2/7/1897
Italian physicist

66    Juliette Gordon Low
10/31/1860 - 1/18/1927
American founder of Girl Scouts of America

86    Andrew Volstead
10/31/1860 - 1/20/1947
American Congressman from Minnesota (1903-23); introduced National Prohibition Act

83    Eugene Meyer
10/31/1875 - 6/17/1959
American publisher of The Washington Post (1933-46)

70    Sir George Hubert Wilkins
10/31/1888 - 12/1/1958
Australian-born British explorer

80    Ethel Waters
10/31/1896 - 9/1/1977
American jazz and blues singer and film actress

51    Wilbur Shaw
10/31/1902 - 10/30/1954
American race-car driver

54    Michael Landon
10/31/1936 - 7/1/1991
American television actor


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