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Events on the 31st of October in history

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31 Oct 0475 Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
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31 Oct 0683 During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.
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31 Oct 0802 Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out
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31 Oct 0802 Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.
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31 Oct 0834 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints
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31 Oct 1517 Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
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31 Oct 1517 Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation
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31 Oct 1552 Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz
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31 Oct 1587 Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
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31 Oct 1596 English / French / Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"
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31 Oct 1617 Laurens Reael resigns as Governor-General of East-Indies
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31 Oct 1714 Georg Ludwig van Hannover crowned as English King George I
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31 Oct 1759 Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred
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31 Oct 1793 Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror
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31 Oct 1794 John Dalton 1st lecture to Manchester Literary / Philosophical Society
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31 Oct 1808 Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain
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31 Oct 1815 Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner's safety lamp
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31 Oct 1822 Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
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31 Oct 1837 Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die
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31 Oct 1846 Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp
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31 Oct 1861 American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.
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31 Oct 1863 The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
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31 Oct 1864 Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
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31 Oct 1864 Nevada admitted as 36th state
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31 Oct 1868 Standard uniform approved for postal carriers
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31 Oct 1871 Founding of the Netherlands Protestant Union in Dokkum
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31 Oct 1876 Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die
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31 Oct 1876 A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.
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31 Oct 1881 Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)
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31 Oct 1888 John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire
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31 Oct 1900 AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace
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31 Oct 1905 Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg
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31 Oct 1908 4th Olympic games end in London
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31 Oct 1913 Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
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31 Oct 1913 The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
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31 Oct 1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey
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31 Oct 1917 World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
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31 Oct 1918 Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week
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31 Oct 1918 World War I: Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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31 Oct 1920 Romania annexes Bessarabia
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31 Oct 1921 Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st Woman Track & Field Association)
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31 Oct 1922 Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
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31 Oct 1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy
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31 Oct 1923 The first of 160 consecutive days of 100º Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
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31 Oct 1924 World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
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31 Oct 1925 Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces Sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia
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31 Oct 1926 Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develops after his appendix ruptures.
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31 Oct 1932 Greek government of Venizelos falls
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31 Oct 1937 Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona
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31 Oct 1938 Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
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31 Oct 1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends
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31 Oct 1940 World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
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31 Oct 1940 Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto
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31 Oct 1941 Mount Rushmore is completed
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31 Oct 1941 Prior to US in WWII, Germany torpedoes US destroyer Reuben James
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31 Oct 1941 After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
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31 Oct 1941 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.
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31 Oct 1942 94 U-boats sunk this month (619,000 ton)
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31 Oct 1942 9th day in battle at El Alamein
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31 Oct 1943 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Brooklyn (48-10)
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31 Oct 1943 World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a USN or USMC aircraft.
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31 Oct 1944 Chief of Staff Kruls names De Quay Chairman of Universal Commission
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31 Oct 1944 Erich Göstl, a member of the Waffen-SS, is awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to recognise extreme battlefield bravery, after losing his face and eyes during the Battle of Normandy.
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31 Oct 1949 "Regina" opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 86 performances
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31 Oct 1949 WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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31 Oct 1950 Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC
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31 Oct 1951 Second Chamber accept plan-Schuman
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31 Oct 1952 1st thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands
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31 Oct 1953 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
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31 Oct 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Texas Golf Open
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31 Oct 1954 KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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31 Oct 1954 Algerian Revolution against French begins
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31 Oct 1955 Mgr Alfrink appointed Archbishop of Utrecht
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31 Oct 1956 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral GJ Dufek
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31 Oct 1956 Brooklyn, New York ends streetcar service
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31 Oct 1956 Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
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31 Oct 1956 Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal
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31 Oct 1959 USSR and Egypt sign contracts for building Aswan Dam
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31 Oct 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US
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31 Oct 1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal
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31 Oct 1961 Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras
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31 Oct 1961 In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Vladimir Lenin's Tomb.
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31 Oct 1963 J Edgar Hoover last meeting with President John F Kennedy
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31 Oct 1963 Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana)
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31 Oct 1963 An explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand is blamed.
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31 Oct 1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses the Beatles & their fans at London Airport
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31 Oct 1964 Barbra Streisand's "People," album goes #1 for 5 weeks
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31 Oct 1967 KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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31 Oct 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep
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31 Oct 1968 Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
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31 Oct 1968 Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently
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31 Oct 1968 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game)
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31 Oct 1968 President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam
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31 Oct 1969 George Harrison's "Something" is released in UK
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31 Oct 1969 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida
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31 Oct 1971 "On the Town" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 65 performances
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31 Oct 1972 Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award
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31 Oct 1973 Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award
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31 Oct 1973 Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that lands in the exercise yard.
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31 Oct 1974 Marines terminate gijzelingsactie in strafgevangenis Scheveningen
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31 Oct 1974 Bundy victim (?) Laura Aime disappears in Utah
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31 Oct 1975 Bob Geldof 1st appearance with Boomtown Rats
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31 Oct 1976 Javed Miandad, 206 vs. New Zealand, age 19 yrs 141 days (29 fours 1 six)
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31 Oct 1978 Iranian oil workers go on strike
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31 Oct 1979 Mike Flanagan, wins AL Cy Young Award
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31 Oct 1979 US DC-10 crashes at Mexico-City, 74 killed
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31 Oct 1980 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat
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31 Oct 1980 Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m)
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31 Oct 1981 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)
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31 Oct 1982 Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pontiff to visit Spain
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31 Oct 1983 Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album
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31 Oct 1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia
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31 Oct 1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
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31 Oct 1984 Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as the ship caught fire
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31 Oct 1987 1st jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont)
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31 Oct 1987 A pair in Coventry, England ties the world record for the longest singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes
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31 Oct 1988 1st Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23
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31 Oct 1988 Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia
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31 Oct 1989 Turgat Ozal elected President of Turkey
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31 Oct 1990 Pakistan make 3-0 drubbing of New Zealand, Waqar Younis 29 series wkts
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31 Oct 1991 Palestinians attend US mideast peace talks in Madrid
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31 Oct 1992 Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky diver
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31 Oct 1992 Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years
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31 Oct 1993 "Wonderful Tennessee" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 9 performances
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31 Oct 1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
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31 Oct 1993 Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million
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31 Oct 1993 Rapper Tupac Shakur charged with aggravated assault
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31 Oct 1993 US wins Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament
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31 Oct 1994 American Eagle ATR-72 crash down at Gary, Indiana: 68 killed
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31 Oct 1994 American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana, killing 68.
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31 Oct 1995 NHL New Jersey Devils agree to stay in New Jersey
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31 Oct 1998 Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
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31 Oct 1999 Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
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31 Oct 1999 EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 217 people on board.
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31 Oct 2000 Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
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31 Oct 2000 Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff in Taipei killing 83 people.
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31 Oct 2002 A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
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31 Oct 2003 Mahathir bin 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.
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31 Oct 2011 The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day.
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31 Oct 2014 Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashes in the Mojave Desert during a test flight,
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