October 31 Events 475 - Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor . 683 - During the Siege of Mecca , the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. 802 - Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos . Conspirators place Nikephoros , the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne. 932 - 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. 1517 - Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg . 1587 - Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575 . 1614 - First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London . 1822 - Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire . 1863 - The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato . 1864 - Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. 1903 - The Purdue Wreck , a railroad train collision in Indianapolis , kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team. 1913 - Dedication of the Lincoln Highway , the first automobile highway across United States . 1913 - The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins. 1917 - World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history". 1918 - World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 , and Hungary achieves full sovereignty. 1922 - Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy 1923 - The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia . 1924 - World Savings Day is announced in Milan , Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress. 1926 - Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo , thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime 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. 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion. 1941 - After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed. 1941 - World War II: The destroyer 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. 1943 - World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft. 1956 - Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal . 1956 - 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. 1961 - In the Soviet Union , Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum , also known as the Lenin Tomb. 1963 - A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show. 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 . 1973 - 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. 1979 - Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City , killing 73 people. 1984 - 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. 1994 - American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board. 1996 - TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil , killing 99 people. 1998 - Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors . 1999 - Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted. 1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board. 2000 - Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station . The ISS has been crewed continuously since then. 2000 - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei , killing 83. 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. 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. 2011 - The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion . 2014 - 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 , 2015 - Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula , killing all 224 people on board. 2017 - A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City , killing eight people.Births 1345 - Ferdinand I , king of Portugal 1391 - Edward, King of Portugal 1424 - Władysław III , king of Poland 1445 - Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg , Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg 1472 - Wang Yangming , Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar 1542 - Henriette of Cleves, Duchess of Nevers , Countess of Rethel 1599 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles , English politician 1620 - John Evelyn , English gardener and author 1632 - Johannes Vermeer , Dutch painter 1636 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria 1638 - Meindert Hobbema , Dutch painter 1686 - Senesino , Italian singer and actor 1692 - Anne Claude de Caylus , French archaeologist and author 1694 - Yeongjo of Joseon 1705 - Pope Clement XIV 1711 - Laura Bassi , Italian physician, physicist, and academic 1714 - Hedvig Taube , Swedish courtier 1724 - Christopher Anstey , English author and poet 1729 - Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta , Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain 1737 - James Lovell , American educator and politician 1760 - Katsushika Hokusai , Japanese artist and printmaker 1795 - John Keats , English poet 1815 - Thomas Chapman , English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Tasmania 1815 - Karl Weierstrass , German mathematician and academic 1825 - Charles Lavigerie , French-Algerian cardinal and academic 1831 - Paolo Mantegazza , Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist 1835 - Adelbert Ames , American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi 1835 - Krišjānis Barons , Latvian linguist and author 1835 - Adolf von Baeyer , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1838 - Luís I of Portugal 1847 - Galileo Ferraris , Italian physicist and engineer 1848 - Boston Custer , American soldier 1849 - Marie Louise Andrews , American story writer and journalist 1851 - Louise of Sweden 1856 - Charles Leroux , American balloonist and skydiver 1858 - Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril , Indian Orthodox Saint 1860 - Juliette Gordon Low , American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1860 - Andrew Volstead , American politician 1868 - John Weir Troy , American journalist, and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1875 - Eugene Meyer , American businessman and publisher 1875 - Vallabhbhai Patel , Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India 1876 - Natalie Clifford Barney , American poet and playwright 1879 - Karel Hašler , Czech actor, director, and composer 1880 - Julia Peterkin , American author 1880 - Mikhail Tomsky , Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1881 - Toshizō Nishio , Japanese general 1883 - Marie Laurencin , French painter and illustrator 1883 - Anthony Wilding , New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier 1887 - Chiang Kai-shek , Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China 1887 - Newsy Lalonde , Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player 1888 - Napoleon Lapathiotis , Greek poet and author 1892 - Alexander Alekhine , Russian chess player and author 1895 - Les Darcy , Australian boxer 1895 - B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist 1896 - Ethel Waters , American singer and actress 1897 - Constance Savery , English author 1900 - Asbjørg Borgfelt , Norwegian sculptor 1902 - Carlos Drummond de Andrade , Brazilian poet 1902 - Julia Lee , American blues singer-songwriter and pianist 1902 - Abraham Wald , Romanian mathematician and economist 1907 - Edgar Sampson , American musician and composer 1908 - Muriel Duckworth , Canadian activist 1912 - Dale Evans , American singer-songwriter and actress 1912 - Ollie Johnston , American animator and voice actor 1914 - John Hugenholtz , Dutch engineer and designer 1915 - Jane Jarvis , American pianist and composer 1916 - Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg 1917 - William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author 1917 - Gordon Steege , Australian soldier and pilot 1918 - Ian Stevenson , American psychiatrist and academic 1919 - Daphne Oxenford , English actress 1919 - Magnus Wenninger , American mathematician and author 1920 - Dick Francis , Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author 1920 - Joseph Gelineau , French priest and composer 1920 - Helmut Newton , German-Australian photographer 1920 - Fritz Walter , German footballer 1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes , American actress 1922 - Illinois Jacquet , American saxophonist and composer 1922 - Norodom Sihanouk , Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia 1925 - Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author 1925 - John Pople , English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1925 - Robert B. Rheault, American colonel 1926 - Jimmy Savile , English radio and television host 1928 - Andrew Sarris , American critic and educator 1929 - William Orchard , Australian water polo player and psychiatrist 1929 - Bud Spencer , Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter 1930 - Michael Collins , American general, pilot, and astronaut 1930 - Booker Ervin , American saxophonist 1931 - Dan Rather , American journalist 1933 - Phil Goyette , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1933 - Iemasa Kayumi , Japanese voice actor 1935 - Dale Brown , American basketball player and coach 1935 - Ronald Graham , American mathematician and theorist 1935 - David Harvey , English-American geographer and academic 1936 - Michael Landon , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1937 - Tom Paxton , American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1939 - Tom O'Connor , English actor and game show host 1939 - Ron Rifkin , American actor 1939 - Ali Farka Touré , Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1940 - Craig Rodwell , American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop 1940 - Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox , English businesswoman and politician 1941 - Dan Alderson , American scientist and academic 1941 - Derek Bell , English race car driver 1941 - Sally Kirkland , American actress 1941 - Werner Krieglstein , Czech-American philosopher and academic 1942 - David Ogden Stiers , American actor 1943 - Elliott Forbes-Robinson , American race car driver 1943 - Paul Frampton , English-American physicist and academic 1943 - Aristotelis Pavlidis , Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy 1943 - Brian Piccolo , American football player 1945 - Russ Ballard , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1945 - Brian Doyle-Murray , American actor and comedian 1945 - Barrie Keeffe , English playwright, screenwriter, and producer 1946 - Stephen Rea , Irish actor 1947 - Deidre Hall , American actress 1947 - Frank Shorter , American runner and sportscaster 1947 - Herman Van Rompuy , Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium 1948 - Michael Kitchen , English actor and producer 1948 - Franco Gasparri , Italian actor 1949 - Mart Helme , Estonian journalist and diplomat 1949 - Bob Siebenberg , American drummer 1949 - Alison Wolf , English economist and academic 1950 - John Candy , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter 1950 - Zaha Hadid , Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion 1950 - Jane Pauley , American journalist 1950 - Antonio Taguba , Filipino-American general 1951 - Nick Saban , American football player and coach 1951 - Dave Trembley , American baseball player, coach, and manager 1952 - Bernard Edwards , American bass player, songwriter, and producer 1952 - Joe West , American baseball umpire and actor 1953 - John Lucas II , American basketball player and coach 1954 - Mari Okamoto , Japanese actress 1954 - Ken Wahl , American actor and screenwriter 1955 - Michalis Chrisochoidis , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order 1955 - Susan Orlean , American journalist and author 1956 - Bruce Bawer , American poet and critic 1956 - Christopher de Leon , Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician 1956 - Anders Lago , Swedish lawyer and politician 1956 - Charles Moore , English journalist and author 1957 - Brian Stokes Mitchell , American singer and actor 1957 - Robert Pollard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1959 - Mats Näslund , Swedish ice hockey player 1959 - Neal Stephenson , American author 1960 - Arnaud Desplechin , French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter 1960 - Luis Fortuño , Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico 1960 - Mike Gallego , American baseball player and coach 1960 - Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran 1961 - Alonzo Babers , American runner and pilot 1961 - Kate Campbell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1961 - Peter Jackson , New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1961 - Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish musician, songwriter, and actor 1962 - Jonathan Borden , American neurosurgeon and academic 1962 - Anna Geifman , American historian, author, and academic 1962 - John Giannini , American basketball player and coach 1962 - Mari Jungstedt , Swedish journalist and author 1962 - Raphael Rabello , Brazilian guitarist and composer 1962 - Dan Wood , Canadian ice hockey player 1963 - Mikkey Dee , Swedish hard rock drummer and musician 1963 - Johnny Marr , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1963 - Dermot Mulroney , American actor 1963 - Rob Schneider , American actor and comedian 1963 - Dunga , Brazilian footballer and manager 1964 - Frank Bruni , American journalist and critic 1964 - Colm Ó Cíosóig , Irish musician 1964 - Marco van Basten , Dutch footballer and manager 1964 - Darryl Worley , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1965 - Paul du Toit , South African painter and sculptor 1965 - Blue Edwards , American basketball player 1965 - Ruud Hesp , Dutch footballer 1965 - Denis Irwin , Irish footballer and journalist 1965 - Rob Rackstraw , English voice actor 1966 - Ad-Rock , American rapper, producer, and actor 1966 - Koji Kanemoto , Japanese wrestler 1966 - Annabella Lwin , Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter and record producer 1966 - Mike O'Malley , American actor and comedian 1967 - Vanilla Ice , American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor 1967 - Buddy Lazier , American race car driver 1967 - Adam Schlesinger , American bass player, songwriter, and producer 1968 - Antonio Davis , American basketball player and sportscaster 1970 - Linn Berggren , Swedish singer-songwriter 1971 - Alphonso Ford , American basketball player 1971 - Irina Pantaeva , Russian model and actress 1971 - Tom Smith , English-Scottish rugby player and coach 1971 - Phil Tataurangi , New Zealand golfer 1971 - Ian Walker , English footballer and manager 1972 - Shaun Bartlett , South African footballer and manager 1972 - Matt Dawson , English rugby player 1972 - Grigoris Georgatos , Greek footballer 1973 - Paul Abrahams , English footballer and coach 1973 - Christopher Bevins , American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1973 - Tim Byrdak , American baseball player 1973 - David Dellucci , American baseball player and sportscaster 1973 - Beverly Lynne , American actress 1974 - Muzzy Izzet , English-Turkish footballer 1974 - Roger Manganelli , Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player 1975 - Fabio Celestini , Swiss footballer and manager 1975 - Keith Jardine , American mixed martial artist and actor 1975 - Johnny Whitworth , American actor and producer 1976 - Guti , Spanish footballer 1976 - Piper Perabo , American actress and producer 1978 - Inka Grings , German footballer and manager 1978 - Emmanuel Izonritei , Nigerian boxer 1978 - Marek Saganowski , Polish footballer 1978 - Martin Verkerk , Dutch tennis player 1979 - Ricardo Fuller , Jamaican footballer 1979 - Simão Sabrosa , Portuguese footballer 1980 - Samaire Armstrong , American model, actress, and fashion designer 1980 - Alondra de la Parra , Mexican-American pianist and conductor 1980 - Marcel Meeuwis , Dutch footballer 1980 - Eddie Kaye Thomas , American actor and voice artist 1981 - Irina Denezhkina , Russian author 1981 - Steven Hunter , American basketball player 1981 - Frank Iero , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1981 - Selina Jen , Taiwanese singer and actress 1981 - Mike Napoli , American baseball player 1982 - Jordan Bannister , Australian footballer and umpire 1982 - Tomáš Plekanec , Czech ice hockey player 1982 - Justin Chatwin , Canadian actor 1983 - Adam Bouska , American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign 1984 - Pat Murray , American football player 1984 - Amanda Pascoe , Australian swimmer 1985 - Fanny Chmelar , German alpine skier 1985 - Kerron Clement , American hurdler and sprinter 1986 - Chris Alajajian , Australian race car driver 1986 - Christie Hayes , Australian actress and producer 1987 - Nick Foligno , Canadian ice hockey player 1987 - Jean-Karl Vernay , French race car driver 1988 - Cole Aldrich , American basketball player 1988 - Sébastien Buemi , Swiss race car driver 1988 - Jack Riewoldt , Australian footballer 1988 - Lizzy Yarnold , British skeleton racer 1989 - Josh Hodgson , English rugby league player 1989 - Warren Weir , Jamaican sprinter 1990 - JID , American rapper 1993 - Nadine Lustre , Filipino actress and singer 1993 - Mercedes Arn-Horn , Canadian musician 1995 - Joana Valle Costa , Portuguese tennis player 1997 - Marcus Rashford , English footballer 1999 - Léa Serna , French figure skater 2000 - Willow Smith , American singer, actress, and dancer 2005 - Leonor, Princess of Asturias Deaths 932 - Al-Muqtadir , Abbasid caliph 994 - Wolfgang of Regensburg , German bishop and saint 1005 - Abe no Seimei , Japanese astrologer 1034 - Deokjong , Korean ruler 1147 - Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester , son of Henry I of England 1214 - Eleanor of England , queen consort of Castile 1320 - Ricold of Monte Croce , Italian Dominican missionary 1335 - Marie of Évreux , Duchess Consort of Brabant 1448 - John VIII Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor 1517 - Fra Bartolomeo , Italian artist 1641 - Cornelis Jol , Dutch admiral 1659 - John Bradshaw , English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1661 - Köprülü Mehmed Pasha , Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1723 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1732 - Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy 1733 - Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg 1744 - Leonardo Leo , Italian composer 1768 - Francesco Maria Veracini , Italian violinist and composer 1806 - Kitagawa Utamaro , Japanese artist and printmaker 1860 - Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald , Scottish-English admiral and politician 1869 - Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky 1879 - Jacob Abbott , American author and academic 1879 - Joseph Hooker , American general 1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff , Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor 1905 - Bryan O'Loghlen , Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria 1913 - William Evans-Gordon , English soldier and politician 1916 - Charles Taze Russell , American minister 1916 - Huang Xing , Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman 1918 - Egon Schiele , Austrian painter 1920 - Alphonse Desjardins , Canadian businessman 1925 - Max Linder , French actor, director, and screenwriter 1925 - Mikhail Frunze , Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 1926 - Harry Houdini , American magician and stuntman 1929 - António José de Almeida , Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal 1929 - Norman Pritchard , Indian-English hurdler and actor 1931 - Octave Uzanne , French journalist and author 1939 - Otto Rank , Austrian psychologist, author, and educator 1952 - Chit Hlaing , Burmese lawyer and politician 1959 - Jean Cabannes , French physicist and academic 1960 - H. L. Davis, American author and poet 1962 - Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion , French astronomer 1963 - Mesut Cemil , Turkish cellist and composer 1972 - Bill Durnan , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1973 - Malek Bennabi , Algerian philosopher and author 1975 - Sachin Dev Burman , Indian composer and singer 1977 - C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator 1980 - Jan Werich , Czech actor and playwright 1983 - George Halas , American football player and coach 1983 - Lu Jiaxi , Chinese self-taught mathematician 1983 - Sharof Rashidov , Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member 1984 - Eduardo De Filippo , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter 1984 - Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India 1985 - Nikos Engonopoulos , Greek painter and poet 1985 - Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor and singer 1986 - Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1988 - John Houseman , Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1988 - Alfred Pellan , Canadian painter and academic 1991 - Joseph Papp , American stage director and producer 1992 - Gary Rippingale , English ice hockey player 1993 - Federico Fellini , Italian director and screenwriter 1993 - River Phoenix , American actor and singer 1995 - Rosalind Cash , American actress and singer 1996 - Marcel Carné , French director and screenwriter 1998 - Elmer Vasko , Canadian ice hockey player 1998 - María de la Purísima Salvat Romero , Spanish nun and saint 1999 - Greg Moore , Canadian race car driver 2000 - Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter 2000 - Kazuki Watanabe , Japanese songwriter and guitarist 2001 - Régine Cavagnoud , French skier 2002 - Lionel Poilâne , French banker and businessman 2002 - Michail Stasinopoulos , Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece 2002 - Raf Vallone , Italian footballer and actor 2003 - Richard Neustadt , American political scientist and historian 2005 - Hal Anger , American biophysicist and engineer 2005 - Amrita Pritam , Indian author and poet 2006 - P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa 2006 - Peter Fryer , English journalist and author 2007 - Ray Gravell , Welsh rugby player, sportscaster, and actor 2007 - Erdal İnönü , Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey 2008 - Studs Terkel , American historian and author 2009 - Mustafa Mahmud , Egyptian physician and author 2009 - Tom Wheatcroft , English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition 2009 - Qian Xuesen , Chinese aerodynamicist and academic 2010 - Ted Sorensen , American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel 2011 - Flórián Albert , Hungarian footballer and manager 2011 - Roberto Lippi , Italian race car driver 2012 - Gae Aulenti , Italian architect and designer 2012 - John Fitch , American race car driver and engineer 2012 - John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine 2013 - Chris Chase , American actress and author 2013 - Gérard de Villiers , French journalist and author 2013 - Trevor Kletz , English chemist and author 2013 - Johnny Kucks , American baseball player 2013 - Andres Narvasa , Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 2013 - Bobby Parker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 2014 - David Manker Abshire , American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO 2014 - Michael Alsbury , American engineer and pilot 2014 - Brad Halsey , American baseball player 2014 - Hitoshi Motoshima , Japanese educator and politician 2015 - Gus Savage , American businessman and politician 2018 - Willie McCovey , American baseball playerHolidays and observances Christian feast day: *Alphonsus Rodriguez *Ampliatus *Begu *Erc of Slane *Foillan *Martin Luther *Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen *Quentin *Blessed Theodore Romzha *Wolfgang of Regensburg *October 31 Día de la Canción Criolla Earliest day on which All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 Hallowe'en and related celebrations: *Allantide *Halloween *Hop-tu-Naa *Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 *The first day of the Day of the Dead , celebrated until November 2 Girl Scouts Founders Day King Father's Birthday National Unity Day Reformation Day Saci Day
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