Sunday, October 31, 2021

On This Day in History

October 31, 2021

Historical Events

1517  Martin Luther sends his 95 Theses to Albrecht von Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating The Protestant Reformation

1541  Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes painting "The Last Judgement" in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

1876  Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (Modern-day Bangladesh), over 200,000 killed

1918  Spanish Flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week

2011  The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations

More Historical Events

Famous Birthdays


Chiang Kai-shek

(1887 - 1975)


John Candy

(1950 - 1994)

John Keats

(1795 - 1821)


Peter Jackson

60th Birthday
More Famous Birthdays

Famous Deaths


Federico Fellini

(1920 - 1993)

Indira Gandhi

(1917 - 1984)
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