Today is Sunday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2010. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
ON THIS DATE
@History item:In 1860, Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA, was born in Savannah, Ga.
In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state.
In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix.
In 1941, the Navy destroyer USS Reuben James was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Iceland with the loss of some 100 lives, even though the U.S. had not yet entered World War II.
In 1967, Nguyen Van Thieu took the oath of office as the first president of South Vietnam’s second republic.
In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations.
In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards.
In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990, bound from New York to Cairo, crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk is 88. Actress Lee Grant is 83. Movie critic Andrew Sarris is 82. Former astronaut Michael Collins is 80. Former CBS anchorman Dan Rather is 79. Folk singer Tom Paxton is 73. Actor Ron Rifkin is 71.
Actress Sally Kirkland is 69. Actor David Ogden Stiers is 68. Actor Stephen Rea is 64. Olympic gold medal distance runner Frank Shorter is 63. Actress Deidre Hall is 62. Talk show host Jane Pauley is 60. Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell is 53. Movie director Peter Jackson is 49.
Rock musician Larry Mullen is 49. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 47. Rock musician Mikkey Dee (Motorhead) is 47. Rock singer-musician Johnny Marr is 47. Actor Rob Schneider is 46. Country singer Darryl Worley is 46. Actor-comedian Mike O’Malley is 45. Rap musician Adrock is 44. Songwriter Adam Schlesinger is 43.
Rap performer Vanilla Ice (aka Rob Van Winkle) is 42. Rock singer Linn Berggren (Ace of Base) is 40.
Associated Press
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