Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 31
Saturday, 29 March 2025
1988 On this day in history john Houseman, actor (Paper Chase, Fog), dies of spinal cancer at 86 
1989 On this day in history conrad Beck, composer, dies at 88
1990 On October - 31 graig Russel, Canadian travel expert/transvestite, dies
1991 Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million), dies of cancer at 97 on this day in history.
1993 Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
2005 On this day in history beginning of the revelation of the 205 Sony CD copy protection scandal.
2005 Birth of Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his wife Letizia on this day in history.
2005 On this day in history president George W. Bush nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
2007 A bus bomb in the central Russian city of Tolyatti kills 8 and injures over 50 people on this day in history.
2007 World Economic Forum releases The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008, at 11:00 CET on October - 31.
2011 UNESCO admitted Palestine as a member, following a vote in which 107 member states supported and 14 opposed on this day in history.
2011 Date selected by the UN as the symbolic date when global population reaches seven billion on this day in history.
2017 Two men convicted of raping and inpregnating their 10 year old niece in Chandigarh, India on this day in history.
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 Takahiro Shiraishi arrested in Zama, Japan, a day after nine dismembered bodies found in his apartment on October - 31.
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 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 on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history worlds biggest statue unveiled of Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at 182 meters in Gujarat state
2018 On October - 31 bLACKPINK become the first K-pop girl group to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 with multiple hits
2019 On this day in history a fire destroys much of the 500-year-old Japanese Shuri Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2019 On this day in history 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.
2019 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 on October - 31.
2020 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 on this day in history.
2021 On this day in history 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.
2021 On this day in history 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.
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]