CoM Moderators Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Historical Events 802 - Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out1887 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral work "Capriccio Espagnol" premieres in St Petersburg1917 - World War I: Battle of Beersheba in southern Palestine - "last successful cavalry charge in history" performed by the 4th Australian Light Horse1973 - Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award1981 - 1st live US radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)2003 - Bethany Hamilton, aged 13, has her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing in HawaiiMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1838 - Luís I, King of Portugal (1861-89), born in Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1889)1887 - William Whysall, British cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30) (d. 1930)1912 - Ollie Johnston, American animator and the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men, born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2008)1914 - Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (The Green Grocer) (d. 1988)1970 - Craig Kelly, English actor (Queer as Folk, Coronation Street), born in Lytham St Annes, England1970 - Nicholas "Nicky" Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor and martial arts expert (Xiao Hu Dui/Little Tiger Team), born in Taipei, TaiwanMore Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1917 - Tibby Cotter, Australian cricket fast bowler and soldier (21 Tests, 49 wickets), dies in world's last successful cavalry charge, 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba at 331926 - Harry Houdini [Erich Weiss], Famous magician and escape artist, dies at 52 in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured1939 - Otto Rank [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies1991 - Johan Schmitz, actor (Gysbregt van Aemstel/Soldat van Orange), dies1996 - Andrew Hutchings, British trade union leader, dies at 882014 - Käbi Laretei, Estonian-Swedish concert pianist, dies at 92More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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