{"id":29446,"date":"2016-10-31T09:15:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T14:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29446"},"modified":"2016-10-31T09:18:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T14:18:22","slug":"today-in-history-282","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29446","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Monday, October\u00a0 31, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
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1795<\/td>\nPoet John Keats was born in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1864<\/td>\nNevada became the 36th state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1926<\/td>\nMagician Harry Houdini died of complications from a ruptured appendix.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1938<\/td>\nThe day after his “War of the Worlds” broadcast had panicked radio listeners, Orson Welles expressed “deep regret” but also bewilderment that anyone had thought the show was real.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nPresident Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he hoped for fruitful peace negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1984<\/td>\nIndian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nIt was announced that five American nuns in Liberia had been shot to death near the capital Monrovia; the killings were blamed on rebels loyal to Charles Taylor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nEgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nPresident George W. Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nP.W. Botha, South Africa’s apartheid-era president, died at age 90.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actress Piper Perabo (“Covert Affairs”) turns 40 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Lee Grant<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Collins<\/td>\nAstronaut<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dan Rather<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ron Rifkin<\/td>\nActor (“Alias”)<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sally Kirkland<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Ogden Stiers<\/td>\nActor (“M.A.S.H.”)<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Doyle-Murray<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane Pauley<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Jackson<\/td>\nDirector (“Lord of the Rings” movies)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larry Mullen Jr.<\/td>\nRock musician (U2)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dermot Mulroney<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Schneider<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice)<\/td>\nRapper<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fred McGriff<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell turns 59 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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