October 31st, 1490

Born on October 31st, 1490

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 195,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 327 days, exactly on June 18th, 2027, people who were born on October 31st, 1490 will be 196,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 31st?

October 31st, 1959

UTV, the first indigenous television broadcaster in Ireland, between broadcasting.

October 31st, 1996

TG4, the world's first Irish language television station, began broadcasting.

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, 2003

After 22 years in power, Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

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 was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that killed 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, 1963

A gas explosion at the

October 31st, 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.

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

Martin Luther (pictured) posted his Ninety-five Theses onto the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, 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, 2017

An Uzbek immigrant drove a rented truck into cyclists and runners in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.

Public holidays on October 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Halloween and related celebrations) which are celebrated on October 31st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1490 is a normal year and no leap year.

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