October 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.
1795 - Poet John Keats was born in London.
1846 - A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
1864 - Nevada became the 36th state.
1926 - Magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of complications from a ruptured appendix.
1938 - A day after his "War of the Worlds" broadcast had panicked radio listeners, Orson Welles expressed "deep regret" but also bewilderment that anyone had thought the show was real.
1941 - Work on the Mount Rushmore monument in South Dakota was completed, which had begun in 1927.
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 United States had not yet entered World War II.
1956 - Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.
1961 - The body of Josef Stalin was removed from Lenin's Tomb as part of the Soviet Union's "de-Stalinization" drive.
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations.
1984 - Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards.
1992 - It was announced that five American nuns in Liberia had been shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings were blamed on rebels loyal to Charles Taylor.
1992 - Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.
1998 - A genetic study was released suggesting President Thomas Jefferson did in fact father at least one child by his slave Sally Hemings.
1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people on board.
2001 - New York hospital worker Kathy T. Nguyen died of inhalation anthrax, the fourth person to perish in a spreading wave of bioterrorism.
2005 - President George W. Bush nominated Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
2006 - P.W. Botha, South Africa's apartheid-era president, died at age 90.
2019 - The Democratic-controlled House voted 232-196 to pass a resolution setting procedures for the impeachment inquiry as Democrats tried to counter the Trump administration’s criticism of the probe; two Democrats voted against the resolution, joining all of the House’s Republicans.
Birthdays
20 - Willow Smith (actress/singer)
21 - Danielle Rose Russell (actress)
23 - Holly Taylor (actress)
23 - Sydney Park (actress)
27 - Nadine Lustre (actress)
27 - Letitia Wright (actress)
28 - Vanessa Marano (actress)
36 - Scott Clifton (actor)
38 - Justin Chatwin (actor)
40 - Eddie Kaye Thomas (actor)
42 - Brian Hallisay (actor)
44 - Piper Perabo (actress)
53 - Vanilla Ice (rapper)
55 - Mike O'Malley (actor/comedian)
56 - Darryl Worley (country singer)
57 - Rob Schneider (actor)
57 - Dermot Mulroney (actor)
63 - Brian Stokes Mitchell (actor)
69 - Nick Saban (football coach)
70 - Jane Pauley (TV host)
73 - Deidre Hall (actress)
74 - Stephen Rea (actor)
75 - Brian Doyle-Murray (actor)
79 - Sally Kirkland (actress)
82 - Ron Rifkin (actor)
83 - Tom Paxton (singer)
89 - Dan Rather (news anchor)
90 - Michael Collins (astronaut)
95 - Lee Grant (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 31
1891 - Nebraska 28, Doane 4
1896 - Nebraska 18, Nebraska Wesleyan 8
1903 - Nebraska 17, Cockeye 6
1908 - Nebraska 11, Cockeye 8
1914 - Nebraska 20, Cockeye State 7
1925 - Nebraska 12, Oklahoma 0
1931 - Nebraska 10, Missouri 7
1936 - #11 Nebraska 20, Missouri 0
1942 - Nebraska 14, Kansas 7
1950 - Earl Lloyd (Washington Capitols) became the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
1953 - Nebraska 9, Kansas 0.
1959 - Nebraska 25, #19 Oklahoma 21.
1964 - #5 Nebraska 9, Missouri 0.
1968 - The Milwaukee Bucks won their first game, defeating the Detroit Pistons 138-118.
1970 - #4 Nebraska 29, Colorado 13.
1981 - #12 Nebraska 31, Kansas 15.
1987 - #2 Nebraska 42, Missouri 7.
1992 - #8t Nebraska 52, #8t Colorado 7.
1994 - American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut at age 14, with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 ranked Shaun Stafford.
1998 - Texas 20, #7 Nebraska 16.
2009 - Nebraska 20, Baylor 10.
2010 - Tiger Woods lost golf’s No. 1 ranking after 281 consecutive weeks to England’s Lee Westwood.
2010 - For the first time in major league history, two former presidents attended the same World Series Game. George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush both attended Game 4 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.
2014 - Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2015 - Purdue 55, Nebraska 45.
1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
1795 - Poet John Keats was born in London.
1846 - A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
1864 - Nevada became the 36th state.
1926 - Magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of complications from a ruptured appendix.
1938 - A day after his "War of the Worlds" broadcast had panicked radio listeners, Orson Welles expressed "deep regret" but also bewilderment that anyone had thought the show was real.
1941 - Work on the Mount Rushmore monument in South Dakota was completed, which had begun in 1927.
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 United States had not yet entered World War II.
1956 - Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.
1961 - The body of Josef Stalin was removed from Lenin's Tomb as part of the Soviet Union's "de-Stalinization" drive.
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations.
1984 - Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards.
1992 - It was announced that five American nuns in Liberia had been shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings were blamed on rebels loyal to Charles Taylor.
1992 - Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.
1998 - A genetic study was released suggesting President Thomas Jefferson did in fact father at least one child by his slave Sally Hemings.
1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people on board.
2001 - New York hospital worker Kathy T. Nguyen died of inhalation anthrax, the fourth person to perish in a spreading wave of bioterrorism.
2005 - President George W. Bush nominated Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
2006 - P.W. Botha, South Africa's apartheid-era president, died at age 90.
2019 - The Democratic-controlled House voted 232-196 to pass a resolution setting procedures for the impeachment inquiry as Democrats tried to counter the Trump administration’s criticism of the probe; two Democrats voted against the resolution, joining all of the House’s Republicans.
Birthdays
20 - Willow Smith (actress/singer)
21 - Danielle Rose Russell (actress)
23 - Holly Taylor (actress)
23 - Sydney Park (actress)
27 - Nadine Lustre (actress)
27 - Letitia Wright (actress)
28 - Vanessa Marano (actress)
36 - Scott Clifton (actor)
38 - Justin Chatwin (actor)
40 - Eddie Kaye Thomas (actor)
42 - Brian Hallisay (actor)
44 - Piper Perabo (actress)
53 - Vanilla Ice (rapper)
55 - Mike O'Malley (actor/comedian)
56 - Darryl Worley (country singer)
57 - Rob Schneider (actor)
57 - Dermot Mulroney (actor)
63 - Brian Stokes Mitchell (actor)
69 - Nick Saban (football coach)
70 - Jane Pauley (TV host)
73 - Deidre Hall (actress)
74 - Stephen Rea (actor)
75 - Brian Doyle-Murray (actor)
79 - Sally Kirkland (actress)
82 - Ron Rifkin (actor)
83 - Tom Paxton (singer)
89 - Dan Rather (news anchor)
90 - Michael Collins (astronaut)
95 - Lee Grant (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 31
1891 - Nebraska 28, Doane 4
1896 - Nebraska 18, Nebraska Wesleyan 8
1903 - Nebraska 17, Cockeye 6
1908 - Nebraska 11, Cockeye 8
1914 - Nebraska 20, Cockeye State 7
1925 - Nebraska 12, Oklahoma 0
1931 - Nebraska 10, Missouri 7
1936 - #11 Nebraska 20, Missouri 0
1942 - Nebraska 14, Kansas 7
1950 - Earl Lloyd (Washington Capitols) became the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
1953 - Nebraska 9, Kansas 0.
1959 - Nebraska 25, #19 Oklahoma 21.
1964 - #5 Nebraska 9, Missouri 0.
1968 - The Milwaukee Bucks won their first game, defeating the Detroit Pistons 138-118.
1970 - #4 Nebraska 29, Colorado 13.
1981 - #12 Nebraska 31, Kansas 15.
1987 - #2 Nebraska 42, Missouri 7.
1992 - #8t Nebraska 52, #8t Colorado 7.
1994 - American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut at age 14, with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 ranked Shaun Stafford.
1998 - Texas 20, #7 Nebraska 16.
2009 - Nebraska 20, Baylor 10.
2010 - Tiger Woods lost golf’s No. 1 ranking after 281 consecutive weeks to England’s Lee Westwood.
2010 - For the first time in major league history, two former presidents attended the same World Series Game. George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush both attended Game 4 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.
2014 - Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2015 - Purdue 55, Nebraska 45.
