October 31st: What is special about this date?
October 31st marks the 304th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 305th in case of leap years). There are 61 days remaining until the end of the year. Discover famous birthdays on October 31st, celebrities died on this date, the zodiac sign associated to October 31st and what happened on October 31st in history. On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about October 31st.
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October 31st: what famous birthdays are on this date?
On October 31st there are the following famous birthdays:
![John Candy]()
John Candy (1950)American comedian and actor, he is extremely overweight with the appearance of a sweet, wicked child.
![Vanilla Ice]()
Vanilla Ice (1967)Vanilla Ice is an American rapper, actor, and television host who rose to fame in the early 1990s with his hit single 'Ice Ice Baby'.
![Bud Spencer]()
Bud Spencer (1929)Bud spencer is an actor, filmmaker, and former professional swimmer from italy.
![Piper Perabo]()
Piper Perabo (1976)American actress and producer.
![Dermot Mulroney]()
Dermot Mulroney (1963)American actor.
![Peter Jackson]()
Peter Jackson (1961)New zealander filmmaker and oscar-winning director of "the lord of the rings", his movie trilogy based on the j.r.
![Rob Schneider]()
Rob Schneider (1963)American actor and comedian.
![Ken Wahl]()
Ken Wahl (1954)American screenwriter and actor.
![Samaire Armstrong]()
Samaire Armstrong (1980)Fashion designer and actress from japan-america,.
![Justin Chatwin]()
Justin Chatwin (1982)Canadian actor.
How to check someone's birthday?
If you’re looking for a person's birth date, have a look at our Birthday Search Guide
October 31st: who died on this date?
On October 31st the following celebrities died:
![Sean Connery]()
Sean Connery (2020)Scottish actor and film legend for his role as agent 007 in "james bond".
![River Phoenix]()
River Phoenix (1993)River Phoenix was a talented actor known for his roles in films like 'Stand by Me' and 'My Own Private Idaho.
![Joseph Campbell]()
Joseph Campbell (1987)American author and leading authority on mythology, the psyche, and symbolism.
![Raf Vallone]()
Raf Vallone (2002)He is a talented and handsome italian actor.
![Rosalind Cash]()
Rosalind Cash (1995)American actress and leading lady of the 1970s on tv, film, and stage.
![John Houseman]()
John Houseman (1988)Romanian-born actor, producer, and director dies from spinal cancer.
![Jan Werich]()
Jan Werich (1980)Czech actor, playwright, and writer (born in 1905).
![Joseph Calleia]()
Joseph Calleia (1975)Italian-american singer and actor.
![Linda Watkins]()
Linda Watkins (1976)Actress (from hell it came, harpy), dead at 68.
![Harry Houdini]()
Harry Houdini (1926)Hungarian-american magician, who was known for performing dangerous and sensational feats for heads of state.
October 31st: what zodiac sign is associated with this date?
On October 31st, the zodiac sign associated with this date is Scorpio according to the Western Zodiac.
October 31st: what is special about the Scorpio sign?
The Scorpio sign encompasses people born between October 23rd and November 21st.
You can discover Scorpio's personality traits and attitude and Scorpio's most and least compatible signs.
If you're a Scorpio born in October discover why October born are so special.
October 31st: what happened on this date in history?
Here's what happened on October 31st in history:
- Oct 31, 1920: Romania annexes Bessarabia
- Oct 31, 1923: The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
- Oct 31, 1941: Mount Rushmore is completed
- Oct 31, 1949: Regina opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 86 performances
- Oct 31, 1963: Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatles and their fans at London Airport
- Oct 31, 1968: Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently
- Oct 31, 1969: Race riot in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Oct 31, 1980: Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat
- Oct 31, 2009: Mahamadou Issoufou, the opposition leader in Niger, returns to face money laundering charges.
- Oct 31, 2012: Syrian civil war: An opposition force in Damascus assails a commander of the Syrian Air Force. (The New York Times). Leaders of the rebel Free Syrian Army begin negotiations with Kurdish representatives to end clashes between Kurds, the Free Syrian Army, and Kurdish forces in northern Syria. Hundreds of hostages were taken and over 40 fighters killed in the conflict.
- Oct 31, 2016: Eight members of the Students Islamic Movement of India were escaped from Bhopal prison and are being killed by police.
- Oct 31, 2017: 2017 Lower Manhattan Attack: Eight people are killed, and at least eleven others are injured when a man driving a rented pickup truck down a bike path on the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan. Police arrest Sayfullo Saipov (29-year-old Uzbekistani immigrant) and shoot him. This incident is being treated as terroristic by police.
What day of the year is October 31st?
October 31st marks the 304th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (or the 305th in case of leap years).
There are 61 days remaining until the end of the year.
October 31st is the 31st day of the month of October.
What day of the week is October 31st, 2024?
On October 31st, 2024 the day of the week is Thursday.
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