History Events on October 31

World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".

#Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917)

Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.

#Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956

First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London.

#Ben_Jonson

TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.

#TAM_Transportes_Aéreos_Regionais_Flight_402

Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy

#Benito_Mussolini

The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

#Purdue_Wreck

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).

#World_Savings_Day

Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

#Metrojet_Flight_9268

Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.

#Irene_of_Athens

Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.

#Romulus_Augustulus

The UK’s membership of the European Union is expected to cease in accordance with Article 50 following the outcome of their EU membership referendum on June 23, 2016 after being delayed twice from March 29 and April 12.

#Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union

A truck drives in a crowd of people in Lower Manhattan, killing eight people.

#2017_New_York_City_truck_attack

World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.

#Aster_Revolution

After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.

#Mount_Rushmore

Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.

#Soyuz_TM-31

The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.

#Indianapolis_streetcar_strike_of_1913

Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.

#Lincoln_Highway

During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California,

#VSS_Enterprise

World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.

#Battle_of_Britain

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.

#Singapore_Airlines_Flight_006

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.

#Vietnam_War

Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.

#Leiden_University_Library

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.

#Great_Depression

Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.

#Nevada

Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.

#Suez_Crisis

EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.

#EgyptAir_Flight_990

The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

#New_Zealand_Wars

Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.

#Agustín_de_Iturbide

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.

#Indira_Gandhi

The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.

#Fahrenheit

During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.

#Siege_of_Mecca_(683)

American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.

#American_Eagle_Flight_4184

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.

#USS_Reuben_James_(DD-245)

The Statue of Unity was inaugurated in the state of Gujarat

#Statue_of_Unity

Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.

#Mountjoy_Prison_helicopter_escape

Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

#Iraq_disarmament_crisis

In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.

#Soviet_Union

The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.

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.

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.

Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.

A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.

World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.

Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.