October 31st, 1946

Born on October 31st, 1946

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

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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.

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

Born on October 31st, 1946

79

Stephen Rea

Irish actor

*October 31st, 1946, Belfast

79

Norman Lovett

British actor and comedian

*October 31st, 1946, Windsor

Same year
Born in 1946

80

Donald Trump

45th President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

80

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

79

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

80

Charlotte Rampling

British actress (born 1946)

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

80

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

79

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

80

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

79

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

79

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

80

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Acton †January 14th, 2016, London

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor (1946–2025)

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula †January 16th, 2025, Los Angeles

80

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

80

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

80

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

80

Dolly Parton

American singer, songwriter and actress

*January 19th, 1946, Pittman Center

80

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

80

Timothy Dalton

British actor of stage, film and television

*March 21st, 1946, Colwyn Bay

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Born on October 31st, 1946
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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