October 31st, 1943

Born on October 31st, 1943

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 31st, 1943?

October 31st, 1943

World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair

What else 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.

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

Born on October 31st, 1943

26

Brian Piccolo

American football player (1943–1970)

*October 31st, 1943, Pittsfield †June 16th, 1970, New York City

80

Paul Frampton

English physicist

*October 31st, 1943, Kidderminster

80

Elliott Forbes-Robinson

American racing driver

*October 31st, 1943, La Crescenta-Montrose

78

Aristotelis Pavlidis

Greek politician (1943-2022)

*October 31st, 1943, Kos †October 25th, 2022

80

Pierre-William Glenn

French cinematographer

*October 31st, 1943, Paris

80

Melendy Britt

American actress active in television and voice acting

*October 31st, 1943, Charlotte

80

Charlie Dell

Actor

*October 31st, 1943, Nueces County

71

Burkhardt Lindner

German specialist in literature

*October 31st, 1943, Betheln †January 7th, 2015, Frankfurt

73

Patrick Mumbure Mutume

Catholic bishop

*October 31st, 1943, Mutare †February 8th, 2017, Mutare

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Who's birthday is on October 31st?

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

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

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

77

Stephen Rea

Irish actor

*October 31st, 1946, Belfast

28

Emiliano Sala

Argentine association football player (1990-2019)

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

76

Herman Van Rompuy

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

*October 31st, 1947, Etterbeek

86

Bud Spencer

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

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

65

Zaha Hadid

Iraqi British architect, designer and painter

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

85

Josef Wierer

German actor

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

81

Claudio Michelotto

Italian racing cyclist

*October 31st, 1942, Trento

90

Michael Collins

American astronaut (1930–2021)

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

62

Peter Jackson

New Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*October 31st, 1961, Pukerua Bay

82

Barbara Bel Geddes

American actress (1922–2005)

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

26

Marcus Rashford

English association football player (born 1997)

*October 31st, 1997, Manchester

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

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

38

Paul Cram

Actor

*October 31st, 1985, Augusta

89

Norodom Sihanouk

Cambodian statesman (1922–2012)

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

59

Marco van Basten

Dutch association football player and manager

*October 31st, 1964, Utrecht

82

Sally Kirkland

Actress, activist

*October 31st, 1941, New York City

75

Michael Kitchen

English actor and television producer

*October 31st, 1948, Leicester

30

Letitia Wright

British actress

*October 31st, 1993, Georgetown

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Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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