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.
1846 - A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
1864 - Nevada became the 36th state.
1941 - Work on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota was completed, which had begun in 1927.
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.
1964 - Theodore C. Freeman, 34, became the first member of NASA’s astronaut corps to die when his T-38 jet crashed while approaching Ellington Air Force Base in Houston.
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 by two Sikh security guards.
1992 - Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier for holding that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990, bound from New York to Cairo, crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard.
2005 - President George W. Bush nominated Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
2015 - A Russian passenger airliner crashed in a remote part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from a popular Red Sea resort, killing all 224 people on board.
2017 - Eight people were killed when a man drove a truck along a bike path in New York City in an attack that authorities immediately labeled terrorism; the driver, identified by authorities as Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov, was shot and wounded by police.
2017 - Netflix said it was suspending production on “House of Cards” following sexual harassment allegations against its star, Kevin Spacey. (Spacey would later be fired from the show, and production resumed without him.)
2019 - President Donald Trump announced that he would be making Palm Beach, Florida, his permanent residence after leaving the White House rather than returning to Trump Tower in New York.
Birthdays
22 - Willow Smith (actress/singer)
23 - Danielle Rose Russell (actress)
25 - Holly Taylor (actress)
25 - Sydney Park (actress)
29 - Letitia Wright (actress)
29 - Nadine Lustre (actress)
30 - Vanessa Marano (actress)
38 - Scott Clifton (actor)
40 - Justin Chatwin (actor)
42 - Eddie Kaye Thomas (actor)
44 - Brian Hallisay (actor)
46 - Piper Perabo (actress)
55 - Vanilla Ice (rapper)
57 - Mike O'Malley (actor/comedian)
59 - Rob Schneider (actor)
59 - Dermot Mulroney (actor)
61 - Peter Jackson (director)
65 - Brian Stokes Mitchell (actor)
71 - Nick Saban (football coach)
72 - Jane Pauley (TV host)
75 - Deidre Hall (actress)
76 - Stephen Rea (actor)
77 - Brian Doyle-Murray (actor)
81- Sally Kirkland (actress)
84 - Ron Rifkin (actor)
91 - Dan Rather (broadcast journalist)
97 - Lee Grant (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 31
1891 - Nebraska defeats Doane 28-4.
1896 - Nebraska defeats Nebraska Wesleyan 18-8.
1903 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 17-6.
1908 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 11-8.
1914 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 20-7.
1925 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 12-0.
1931 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 10-7.
1936 - #11 Nebraska defeats Missouri 20-0.
1942 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 14-7.
1950 - Earl Lloyd (Washington Capitols) became the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
1953 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 9-0.
1959 - Nebraska defeats #19 Oklahoma 25-21.
1964 - #5 Nebraska defeats Missouri 9-0.
1968 - The Milwaukee Bucks won their first game. They beat Detroit 138-118.
1970 - #4 Nebraska defeats Colorado 29-13.
1981 - #12 Nebraska defeats Kansas 31-15.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats Missouri 42-7.
1992 - #8t Nebraska defeats #8t Colorado 52-7.
1998 - Texas defeats #7 Nebraska 20-16.
2009 - Nebraska defeats Baylor 20-10.
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 defeats Nebraska 55-45.
2020 - Nebraska's game against Wisconsin was canceled as the Badgers cited COVID-19 issues as the reason.
1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
1846 - A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
1864 - Nevada became the 36th state.
1941 - Work on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota was completed, which had begun in 1927.
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.
1964 - Theodore C. Freeman, 34, became the first member of NASA’s astronaut corps to die when his T-38 jet crashed while approaching Ellington Air Force Base in Houston.
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 by two Sikh security guards.
1992 - Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier for holding that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990, bound from New York to Cairo, crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard.
2005 - President George W. Bush nominated Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
2015 - A Russian passenger airliner crashed in a remote part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from a popular Red Sea resort, killing all 224 people on board.
2017 - Eight people were killed when a man drove a truck along a bike path in New York City in an attack that authorities immediately labeled terrorism; the driver, identified by authorities as Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov, was shot and wounded by police.
2017 - Netflix said it was suspending production on “House of Cards” following sexual harassment allegations against its star, Kevin Spacey. (Spacey would later be fired from the show, and production resumed without him.)
2019 - President Donald Trump announced that he would be making Palm Beach, Florida, his permanent residence after leaving the White House rather than returning to Trump Tower in New York.
Birthdays
22 - Willow Smith (actress/singer)
23 - Danielle Rose Russell (actress)
25 - Holly Taylor (actress)
25 - Sydney Park (actress)
29 - Letitia Wright (actress)
29 - Nadine Lustre (actress)
30 - Vanessa Marano (actress)
38 - Scott Clifton (actor)
40 - Justin Chatwin (actor)
42 - Eddie Kaye Thomas (actor)
44 - Brian Hallisay (actor)
46 - Piper Perabo (actress)
55 - Vanilla Ice (rapper)
57 - Mike O'Malley (actor/comedian)
59 - Rob Schneider (actor)
59 - Dermot Mulroney (actor)
61 - Peter Jackson (director)
65 - Brian Stokes Mitchell (actor)
71 - Nick Saban (football coach)
72 - Jane Pauley (TV host)
75 - Deidre Hall (actress)
76 - Stephen Rea (actor)
77 - Brian Doyle-Murray (actor)
81- Sally Kirkland (actress)
84 - Ron Rifkin (actor)
91 - Dan Rather (broadcast journalist)
97 - Lee Grant (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 31
1891 - Nebraska defeats Doane 28-4.
1896 - Nebraska defeats Nebraska Wesleyan 18-8.
1903 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 17-6.
1908 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 11-8.
1914 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 20-7.
1925 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 12-0.
1931 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 10-7.
1936 - #11 Nebraska defeats Missouri 20-0.
1942 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 14-7.
1950 - Earl Lloyd (Washington Capitols) became the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
1953 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 9-0.
1959 - Nebraska defeats #19 Oklahoma 25-21.
1964 - #5 Nebraska defeats Missouri 9-0.
1968 - The Milwaukee Bucks won their first game. They beat Detroit 138-118.
1970 - #4 Nebraska defeats Colorado 29-13.
1981 - #12 Nebraska defeats Kansas 31-15.
1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats Missouri 42-7.
1992 - #8t Nebraska defeats #8t Colorado 52-7.
1998 - Texas defeats #7 Nebraska 20-16.
2009 - Nebraska defeats Baylor 20-10.
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 defeats Nebraska 55-45.
2020 - Nebraska's game against Wisconsin was canceled as the Badgers cited COVID-19 issues as the reason.
