October 31st, 1792

Born on October 31st, 1792

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 84,000 days old!

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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?

25

John Keats

British romantic poet (1795–1821)

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

28

Emiliano Sala

Argentine association football player (1990-2019)

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

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

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

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

88

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese artist (1760-1849)

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

86

Bud Spencer

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

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

54

James Dunlop

Australian astronomer (1793–1848)

*October 31st, 1793, Scotland †September 22nd, 1848, New South Wales

85

Josef Wierer

German actor

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

77

Stephen Rea

Irish actor

*October 31st, 1946, Belfast

26

Marcus Rashford

English association football player (born 1997)

*October 31st, 1997, Manchester

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

38

Paul Cram

Actor

*October 31st, 1985, Augusta

62

Peter Jackson

New Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*October 31st, 1961, Pukerua Bay

30

Letitia Wright

British actress

*October 31st, 1993, Georgetown

89

Norodom Sihanouk

Cambodian statesman (1922–2012)

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

65

Zaha Hadid

Iraqi British architect, designer and painter

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

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

87

Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)

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

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29

Percy Bysshe Shelley

British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

*August 4th, 1792, Horsham †July 8th, 1822, La Spezia

85

Pius IX

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

*May 13th, 1792, Senigallia †February 7th, 1878, Apostolic Palace

51

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist (*1792 – †1843)

*May 21st, 1792, Paris †September 19th, 1843, Paris

72

George M. Dallas

Vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*July 10th, 1792, Philadelphia †December 31st, 1864, Philadelphia

63

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

Russian mathematician (*1792 – †1856)

*November 20th, 1792, Nizhny Novgorod †February 12th, 1856, Kazan

76

Gioachino Rossini

Italian opera composer (1792-1868)

*February 29th, 1792, Casa Rossini †November 13th, 1868, Passy

74

Jacques Ignace Hittorff

French architect (1792-1867)

*August 20th, 1792, Cologne †March 25th, 1867, 9th arrondissement of Paris

75

Joshua Alder

British zoologist

*January 1st, 1792, Newcastle upon Tyne †January 1st, 1867, Newcastle upon Tyne

79

John Frederick William Herschel

English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (*1792 – †1871)

*March 7th, 1792, Slough †May 11th, 1871, Kent

76

Thaddeus Stevens

American statesman (1792–1868)

*April 4th, 1792, Danville †August 11th, 1868, Washington, D.C.

24

Liborio Mejía

President of Colombia

*July 28th, 1792, Rionegro †September 3rd, 1816, Bogotá

85

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1846–1852 and 1865–1866

*August 18th, 1792, Mayfair †May 28th, 1878, Pembroke Lodge

86

Jeanne Jugan

French saint

*October 25th, 1792, Cancale †August 29th, 1879, Saint-Pern

75

Francis Granger

American politician (1792-1868)

*December 1st, 1792, Suffield †August 31st, 1868, Canandaigua

59

Hendrik Potgieter

South African politician (1792-1852)

*December 19th, 1792, Graaff-Reinet †December 16th, 1852, Schoemansdal, Limpopo

42

Edward Irving

Scottish clergyman

*August 4th, 1792, Annan †December 7th, 1834, Albury

55

Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach

German surgeon (1792-1847)

*February 1st, 1792, Königsberg †November 11th, 1847, Berlin

91

Joaquim António de Aguiar

Prime minister of Portugal (1792-1884)

*August 24th, 1792, Coimbra †May 26th, 1884, Lisbon

72

Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol

Guatemalan politician (1792-1865)

*August 29th, 1792, Guatemala City †February 17th, 1865, Guatemala City

67

Christian Gmelin

Württembergian mineralogist and professor of chemistry (1792-1860)

*October 12th, 1792, Tübingen †May 13th, 1860, Tübingen

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Leap year

Yes: 1792 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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