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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied</a> forces defeated Turkish troops in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beersheba" title="Beersheba">Beersheba</a> in Southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917)" title="Battle of Beersheba (1917)">Battle of Beersheba</a></b>, with the battle involving one of the last successful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_(warfare)" title="Charge (warfare)">cavalry charges</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – More than 101 crew members of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Reuben_James_(DD-245)" title="USS Reuben James (DD-245)">USS <i>Reuben James</i></a></b> perished when their vessel became the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> ship sunk by hostile action during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World <span class="nowrap">War II</span></a> after it was torpedoed by the German submarine <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-552" title="German submarine U-552"><span class="nowrap">U-552</span></a></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Indiana_State_Fairgrounds_Coliseum_gas_explosion" title="1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion">A gas explosion</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Farmers_Coliseum" title="Indiana Farmers Coliseum">
Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum</a> in Indianapolis killed 81 people and injured about 400 others.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – After 22 years in power, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_styles_and_titles" title="Malay styles and titles">Tun</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad" title="Mahathir Mohamad">Mahathir Mohamad</a></b> retired as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia" title="Prime Minister of Malaysia">Prime Minister of Malaysia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a> – Shortly after takeoff, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrojet_Flight_9268" title="Metrojet Flight 9268">Metrojet Flight 9268</a></b> exploded and then crashed into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a>, killing all 224 people on board.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_III_de%27_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany" title="Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany">Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1723); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Duckworth" title="Muriel Duckworth">Muriel Duckworth</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1908); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Evans-Gordon" title="William Evans-Gordon">William Evans-Gordon</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1913); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Steege" title="Gordon Steege">Gordon Steege</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1917)</p>
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