October 31st, 1157

Born on October 31st, 1157

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 316,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 509 days, exactly on September 30th, 2025, people who were born on October 31st, 1157 will be 317,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 31st?

October 31st, 2015

Shortly after takeoff, Metrojet Flight 9268 (pictured) exploded and then crashed into the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

October 31st, 2005

The discovery of the Plutonian moons Nix and Hydra, based on photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope nearly five months prior, was announced.

October 31st, 1999

Australian sailor Jesse Martin arrived in Melbourne, becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, and unassisted.

October 31st, 1984

Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (pictured) was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Sikhs.

October 31st, 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.

October 31st, 1941

More than 101 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.

October 31st, 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.

October 31st, 1913

Public-transportation workers in Indianapolis went on strike (pictured), shutting down mass transit in the city.

October 31st, 1517

According to one account, Martin Luther(depicted) posted his Ninety-five Theses onto the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, present-day Germany, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

October 31st, 0475

Romulus Augustulus took the throne as the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

October 31st, 1913

The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.

October 31st, 1907

The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act, but the law was not implemented because it was not ratified by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

October 31st, 1903

The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

October 31st, 1864

Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.

October 31st, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 31st?

28

Emiliano Sala

Argentine association football player (1990-2019)

*October 31st, 1990, Cululú †January 21st, 2019, English Channel

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

*October 31st, 1854, Berlin †June 26th, 1937, Berlin

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

26

Marcus Rashford

English association football player (born 1997)

*October 31st, 1997, Manchester

77

Stephen Rea

Irish actor

*October 31st, 1946, Belfast

85

Josef Wierer

German actor

*October 31st, 1930, Wörth an der Donau †April 22nd, 2016, Nittenau

38

Paul Cram

Actor

*October 31st, 1985, Augusta

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

82

Barbara Bel Geddes

American actress (1922–2005)

*October 31st, 1922, New York City †August 8th, 2005, Northeast Harbor

30

Letitia Wright

British actress

*October 31st, 1993, Georgetown

62

Peter Jackson

New Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*October 31st, 1961, Pukerua Bay

88

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese artist (1760-1849)

*October 31st, 1760, Honjo †May 10th, 1849, Asakusa

65

Zaha Hadid

Iraqi British architect, designer and painter

*October 31st, 1950, Baghdad †March 31st, 2016, Miami

89

Norodom Sihanouk

Cambodian statesman (1922–2012)

*October 31st, 1922, Phnom Penh †October 15th, 2012, Beijing

90

Michael Collins

American astronaut (1930–2021)

*October 31st, 1930, Rome †April 28th, 2021, Naples

76

Herman Van Rompuy

Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European Council (born 1947)

*October 31st, 1947, Etterbeek

37

Christie Hayes

Australian actress

*October 31st, 1986, South Coast

59

Marco van Basten

Dutch association football player and manager

*October 31st, 1964, Utrecht

25

John Keats

British romantic poet (1795–1821)

*October 31st, 1795, Moorgate †February 23rd, 1821, Rome

87

Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)

*October 31st, 1887, Xikou †April 5th, 1975, Taipei

53

Alexander Alekhine

Russian-French chess player (1892–1946)

*October 31st, 1892, Moscow †March 24th, 1946, Estoril

60

Rob Schneider

American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

*October 31st, 1963, San Francisco

21

Ansu Fati

Spanish association football player

*October 31st, 2002, Bissau

18

Leonor, Princess of Asturias

Heir presumptive of Spain

*October 31st, 2005, Madrid

96

Lee Grant

American actress

*October 31st, 1927, Manhattan

66

Brian Stokes Mitchell

American actor

*October 31st, 1957, Seattle

60

Dermot Mulroney

American actor

*October 31st, 1963, Alexandria

50

Philippe Bas

French actor

*October 31st, 1973, 19th arrondissement of Paris

71

Andrea Palladio

Italian architect (1508–1580)

*October 31st, 1508, Padua †August 19th, 1580, Vicenza

91

Alfred Sauvy

Demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy

*October 31st, 1898, Villeneuve-de-la-Raho †October 30th, 1990, Paris

82

Eddie Braben

English comedy writer

*October 31st, 1930, Dingle †May 21st, 2013

75

Michael Kitchen

English actor and television producer

*October 31st, 1948, Leicester

35

Lizzy Yarnold

British skeleton racer

*October 31st, 1988, Sevenoaks

23

Willow Smith

American singer and actress (born 2000)

*October 31st, 2000, Los Angeles

53

Alexander Borodin

Russian composer, doctor and chemist

*October 31st, 1833, Saint Petersburg †February 15th, 1887, Saint Petersburg

64

Geoffrey Edwards

American actor and screenwriter

*October 31st, 1959, Westfield

68

Clement XIV

Head of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774

*October 31st, 1705, Santarcangelo di Romagna †September 22nd, 1774, Rome

66

Laura Bassi

Italian physicist (1711-1778)

*October 31st, 1711, Bologna †February 20th, 1778, Bologna

83

Helmut Newton

German-Australian photographer (1920–2004)

*October 31st, 1920, Berlin †January 23rd, 2004, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1157 is a normal year and no leap year.

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