October 31 is...

[BurtWorm]

Halloween (All Saints' Eve)

Reformation Day (Martin Luther protests and Protestantism results)

Nevada Day

56kid's birthday


What else is it?

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. uh

The day before November 1st

:shrug:

[meegbear]

2. It's trash day ...

for some people

[VelmaD]

3. Well, starting at sundown...

it'll be Samhain.

[BurtWorm]

5. Gesundheit!

What's that?

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. It's the band that Glenn Danzig was in

....between the Misfits and Danzig :evilgrin:

[VelmaD]

7. What Halloween is really all about.

Go here:
http://www.witchvox.com/holidays/samhain/1031_samhain_history.html

[BurtWorm]

8. I thought it was the next high holiday after Simkha Tora

because it starts at sundown.

Who knew? :shrug:

[JVS]

4. here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_31

1961 Stalin removed from Lenin's tomb

1999 - Roman Catholic Church and Lutheran Church leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.

1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards (riots soon broke out in New Delhi and nearly 2,000 innocent Sikhs were killed).

1922 - Benito Mussolini becomes the youngest Premier in the history of Italy.

[BurtWorm]

10. Stalin removed from Lenin's tomb?

I knew he was a sick bastard, but, really!

[JVS]

11. He had been dead for over 7 years

Here's a picture

[BurtWorm]

12. They look beautiful together.

Thank you!

9. sometimes a dark day

as in

The defeat of the Hungarian revolution was one of the darkest moments of the Cold War. At certain points since its outbreak on October 23 the revolt looked like it was on the verge of an amazing triumph. The entire nation appeared to have taken up arms against the regime. Rebels, often armed with nothing more than kitchen implements and gasoline, were disabling Soviet tanks and achieving other -- sometimes small but meaningful -- victories throughout the country. On October 31, the tide seemed to turn overwhelmingly in the revolution's favor when Pravda published a declaration promising greater equality in relations between the USSR and its East European satellites.

but it was an illusion.

But tragically, and unbeknownst to anyone outside the Kremlin, the very day the declaration appeared in Pravda the Soviet leadership completely reversed itself and decided to put a final, violent end to the rebellion

from http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB76/

[texastoast]

13. New Year

All Hallows Eve (the Catholic name for the day before All Saints Day)
All Souls Night
Día de los Muertos (Mexican Day of the Dead)
October 31 (ho hum)
Hallowe'en (feast of the dead)
Samhain (Celtic New Year)
Night of the Wild Ride (spirits fly across the night sky)
Hallowtide
Hallowmass

Placate your flying spirits by placing a plate of simple food outside. A piece of bread, a pomegrante, and a small heap of salt work well. See if the spirits come by your door to partake of your honor.

[geniph]

14. The birthday of one of my brothers

and my oldest niece. I guess my family needs a little extra cuddling in the cold winter months, or something.

My big b'rer is 47 today, which doesn't seem possible. He's forever a pain-in-the-ass 15-year-old to me. And my niece is 35, which is even weirder - I remember when she was born, for crying out loud! She can't be mid-30s!

15. another one

Speaking from the point of view of turning 47 today myself, I always try to maintain some of the pain-in-the-ass 15 year olds attitude when interacting with my younger sisters!

[Rowdyboy]

16. The two year anniversary of my retirement....

Now, at 49, I feel like thirty five again, just getting away from the stress of management.

[mitchum]

17. the date of Harry Houdini's death

[Kellanved]

18. argh it's not supposed to be Halloween here - but it is

For some reasons the East-Germans (lacking the west-German Fasching/Carnival) adopted Halloween. It's a 100% artificial event, seemingly counterfeit with American sitcoms and commercials as a template.
So I had kids tricking-or-treating at the door for the first time ever - I was suprised and my mean side wanted to give them a handful of super-hot chilli gummybears (or the campari-orange/cuba-libre ones :evilgrin:). However - shocking- they weren't interested in sweets, they just wanted money. Disgusting.