What happend on 31st October

30.10
01.11
1999

EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.

1998

Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

1997

19-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward, convicted by a Cambridge, Massachusetts, jury of second-degree murder the day before, is sentenced to life in prison.

1996

A Brazilian TAM Fokker-100 crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground.

1994

An American Eagle ATR-72 crashes in Roselawn, Indiana, after circling in icy weather, killing 64 passengers.

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).

1981

Lily and James Potter from the Harry Potter novels were killed by Lord Voldemort.

1968

Vietnam War October surprise:Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.

1961

In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Tomb.

1956

Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.