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This day in history
October 31
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2017
An Uzbek immigrant drove a rented truck into cyclists and runners in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people. 2017 New York City truck attack →
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2005
The discovery of the Plutonian moons Nix and Hydra, based on photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope nearly five months earlier, was announced. Moons of Pluto →
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2003
After 22 years in power, Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister of Malaysia. Mahathir Mohamad →
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2000
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collided with construction equipment while attempting to take off from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan during heavy rain, killing 83 people aboard. Singapore Airlines Flight 006 →
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1999
All 217 people on board EgyptAir Flight 990 perished when the aircraft suddenly crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. EgyptAir Flight 990 →
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1999
Australian sailor Jesse Martin arrived in Melbourne, becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, and unassisted. Jesse Martin →
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1984
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (pictured) was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that killed thousands of Sikhs. Indira Gandhi →
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1973
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the prison's exercise yard. Provisional Irish Republican Army →
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1963
A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis killed 81 people and injured about 400 others. 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion →
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1941
Approximately 400 workers completed the 60-foot (18 m) busts of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Bust (sculpture) →
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1941
One hundred crew members of the USS Reuben James perished when their vessel became the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by hostile action during World War II after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-552. USS Reuben James (DD-245) →
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1917
World War I: Allied forces defeated Turkish troops in Beersheba in Southern Palestine at the Battle of Beersheba, with the battle involving one of the last successful cavalry charges. World War I →