October 31 - This Day in History

October 31: General Interest
1517: Martin Luther posts 95 theses

On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation... read more


American Revolution
1776 : King speaks for first time since independence declared
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-speaks-for-first-time-since-independence-declared


Automotive
1957 : Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. opens in Hollywood
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toyota-motor-sales-usa-opens-in-hollywood


Civil War
1861 : Winfield Scott steps down
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/winfield-scott-steps-down


Cold War
1956 : British and French troops land in Suez Canal zone
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-and-french-troops-land-in-suez-canal-zone


Crime
1984 : The prime minister of India is assassinated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-prime-minister-of-india-is-assassinated


Disaster
1961 : Hurricane Hattie strikes Belize
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-hattie-strikes-belize


General Interest
1926 : Houdini is dead
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/houdini-is-dead

1961 : Stalin's body removed from Lenin's tomb
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stalins-body-removed-from-lenins-tomb


Hollywood
1993 : River Phoenix dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/river-phoenix-dies


Literary
1892 : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-published


Music
1963 : Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatlemania firsthand, paving the way for the British Invasion
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ed-sullivan-witnesses-beatlemania-firsthand-paving-the-way-for-the-british-invasion


Old West
1864 : The U.S. Congress admits Nevada as the 36th state
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-us-congress-admits-nevada-as-the-36th-state


Presidential
2000 : President Clinton stumps for his wife
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-clinton-stumps-for-his-wife


Sports
1950 : Earl Lloyd becomes first black player in the NBA
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earl-lloyd-becomes-first-black-player-in-the-nba


Vietnam War
1968 : President Johnson announces bombing halt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-johnson-announces-bombing-halt

1970 : Thieu vows to never accept a coalition government
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thieu-vows-to-never-accept-a-coalition-government


World War I
1917 : Third Battle of Gaza
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-battle-of-gaza


World War II
1887 : Chiang Kai-Shek is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chiang-kai-shek-is-born