Page 4: Historical Events In October - 31
Monday, 28 April 2025
1916 Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1916 On October - 31 carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden
1917 Australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine on October - 31.
1917 Major George R. Pearkes (5th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.
1917 Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1917 Erik Routley, composer on October - 31.
1917 Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies on October - 31.
1918 Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week on October - 31.
1918 Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 on this day in history.
1919 Magnus Wenninger, American priest, author of Polyhedron models on this day in history.
1920 On October - 31 romania annexes Bessarabia
1920 Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes) on October - 31.
1921 On this day in history federation Sportive Feminine Intl forms (1st woman track & field assn)
1922 On October - 31 benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy
1922 Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister and Dictator of Italy on October - 31.
1922 Barbara Bel Geddes, NYC, actress (Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught) on October - 31.
1923 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins on October - 31.
1923 Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam NY, CEO (Avon) on October - 31.
1924 World Savings Day was announced in Milano/Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks) on this day in history.
1925 Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia on October - 31.
1925 Max Linder, actor (Man in the Silk Hat), dies at 41 on October - 31.
1926 Shirley Dinsdale, SF Calif, ventriloquist (Judy Splinters) on this day in history.
1926 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weisz], magician, dies in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured on October - 31.
1927 On October - 31 lee Grant, [Lyova Haskell Rosenthal], NYC, actress (Shampoo, Landlord)
1928 Andrew Sarris, movie critic (Village Voice) on October - 31.
1929 On this day in history bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It)
1930 Michael Collins, Rome, Mjr Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11) on October - 31.
1931 Dan Rather, Wharton Tx, news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes) on October - 31.
1932 On October - 31 greek govt of Venizelos falls
1936 On this day in history the Boy Scouts of the Philippines was formed.
1937 On this day in history spanish govt moves from Valencia to Barcelona
1938 Orson Wells' radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" in Mercury Theatre's Halloween treat, tricks thousands on October - 31.
1938 Great Depression: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public on October - 31.
1939 27 U boats sunk this month (135,000 ton) on October - 31.
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