Historical Events
1768 – First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
1905 – “October Manifesto” Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties and accepts the first Duma (Parliament)
1918 – WWI: Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies, agreeing to end hostilities at noon on 31 October
1944 – Anne Frank is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen
1948 – 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania
1967 – Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)
Famous Birthdays
1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, 1st Queen consort of Prussia (1701-05), born in Iburg Castle, Osnabrück, Hanover (d. 1705)
1848 – Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Russian vice-admiral (d. 1909)
1896 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (Camille, The Sunshine Trail, In for Thirty Days), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1928)
1905 – Christian Darnton, British composer, born in Leeds, England (d. 1981)
1915 – Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcast executive, born in NYC, New York (d. 1998)
1966 – Quin Snyder, American basketball head coach (Utah Jazz 2014-19; University of Missouri 1999-2006), born in Mercer Island, Washington
Famous Deaths
1915 – Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada, dies of heart failure at 94
2000 – Steve Allen, American comedian, composer, actor and TV host (Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show), dies of a heart attack at 78
2002 – William Mitchell, British physicist, dies at 77
2002 – Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)
2013 – Pete Haycock, English guitarist, dies at 62
2018 – Hardy Fox, American member of avant-garde band The Residents, dies at 73