Today History 31st Octber

India (31^st :October)

1843-31-October    Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist was born.

1875-31-October    Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India was born.

1876-31-October    Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj which is now in Banlgadesh near about 200,000 die.

1885-31-October    St. Stephen's Hospital which was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi was opened.

1919-31-October    Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born.

1920-31-October    Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.

1955-31-October    The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.

1962-31-October    Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China.

1963-31-October    Krishna Menon, resigned from the post of Defence Minister of India, due to Chinese attack.1963-31-October An explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice 

skating show. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand is blamed.

1966-31-October    Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.

1984-31-October: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated

1984-31-October    Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India

1989-31-October    Dr. A. P. Mukherjee became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation

1990-31-October    Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.

1990-31-October    Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.

1991-31-October    Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.

1994-31-October    26 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu.

1997-31-October    Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.

1997-31-October    Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.

1997-31-October    Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.

1999-31-October    Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award.

1999-31-October    Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.

1999-31-October    Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.

1999-31-October    The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust president ends fast in support of his eight-point demands including improvement of 'puja' and 'darshan' arrangements of 'Ram Lala' at the temple.

2000-31-October    Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur.

2000-31-October    The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'

World (31^st :October)

1517-31-October – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

1587-31-October – Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.        

1614-31-October – First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London.

1822-31-October – Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.

1861-31-October – American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.

1876-31-October – A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.

1903-31-October – The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

1913-31-October – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.

1917-31-October – World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".

1922 -31-October – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy

1923 -31-October – The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.

1924-31-October – World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress

1938-31-October – 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.

1940-31-October – World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.

1941-31-October – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.

1956-31-October – Suez Crisis  The United Kingdom and France begin bombing 

Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.

1961-31-October – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Vladimir Lenin's Tomb.

1968 -31-October – Vietnam War October surprise

1973-31-October – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.

1979-31-October – Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.

1994 -31-October – American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana, killing 68.

1996 -31-October – TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.

1998-31-October – Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

1999 -31-October – Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

1999-31-October – EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near 

Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.

2000-31-October – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.

2002-31-October – 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.

2002 -31-October – AS Adema beat SO Emyrne 149-0 in an Association Football match in Madagascar.

2003 -31-October – 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.

2011-31-October – The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day.

2015-31-October – Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.