Page 5: Historical Events In October - 31

1939  On October - 31 otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies   

1940  On October - 31 deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto   

1940  On October - 31 63 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton)   

1941  On October - 31 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton)   

1941  On this day in history herwarth Walden, writer, dies at 63   

1942  94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton) on October - 31.   

1943  Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10) on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies   

1944  On October - 31 chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission   

1945  On October - 31 the birth of Barrie Keefe, American writer   

1945  Henry Ainley, actor (As You Like It), dies at 66 on October - 31.   

1948  On this day in history cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies   

1949  "Regina" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 86 performances on October - 31.   

1949  On October - 31 edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies   

1950  On October - 31 collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC   

1950  Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC on October - 31.   

1950  On this day in history carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Lost Paradise), dies at 72   

1951  Second Chamber accept plan-Schuman on this day in history.   

1952  First thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands on this day in history.   

1952  US detonate first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific on October - 31.   

1952  1st thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history tV broadcasting begins in Belgium   

1954  Algerian Revolution against French begins on October - 31.   

1955  Mgr Alfrink appointed archbishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1956  On October - 31 britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal   

1956  Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service on this day in history.   

1956  First American to land an airplane at South Pole-Rear Adm GJ Dufek on October - 31.   

1956  1st American to land an airplane at South Pole-Rear Adm GJ Dufek on October - 31.   

1957  "Jamaica" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 558 performances on October - 31.   

1959  On October - 31 lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US   

1960  On October - 31 cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die   

1960  On this day in history h L Davis, US writer (Honey in the Horn, Pulitzer prize), dies at 64   

1961  On October - 31 hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras   

1963  On this day in history ed Sullivan witnesses the Beatles and their fans at London Airport   

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1291  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet was born on October - 31.   

1345  Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy) was born on October - 31.   

1424  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary was born on October - 31.   

1538  On October - 31 birth of caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)   

1541  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer   

1599  On this day in history birth of denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Evelyn, British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)   

1622  On this day in history birth of pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)   

1147  On October - 31 death of robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)   

1448  Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies on October - 31.   

1517  Death of Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (b. 1472) on this day in history.   

1556  On this day in history john Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50   

1634  On this day in history erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62   

1641  Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 on this day in history.   

1654  On October - 31 francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies   

1659  On this day in history death of john Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)