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What happened in history on this day: October 31?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On October 31 in ...
- 1988 - At the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York, IBM officially annouces the release of Operating System/2 1.1 Standard Edition with Presentation Manager. Code-name during development was Trimaran.
- 1992 - A group of four engineers from Novell and 14 from Apple complete a working proof-of-concept of a the Mac OS running on an Intel 486 PC. The project is code-named "Star Trek".
- 2005 - Apple Computer releases the Mac OS X 10.4.3 software for the Macintosh.
- 1927 - Universal Pictures releases the sixth Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film, All Wet, to theaters.
- 1928 - By the end of the month, Disney has no offer to distribute Mickey Mouse films from Paramount Pictures or Film Booking Office. Universal Pictures decides it can't accept a Disney deal while they have a contract with Charles Mintz.
- 1936 - The Silly Symphony film The Country Cousin is released to theaters.
- 1947 - Disney releases the Goofy film Foul Hunting to theaters.
- 1952 - The Goofy film Two Weeks' Vacation is released.
- 1955 - The first Scamp comic strip is published in newspapers.
- 1956 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled The Plausible Impossible. Included is the animated pencil test of the "soup eating sequence" rejected for the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the first "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode.
- 1971 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove, part one.
- 1976 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled The Secret of Old Glory Mine.
- 1991 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A gravestone is labeled "Walt Disney".
- 1991 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV series Good and Evil.
- 1998 - Sony CEA releases the A Bug's Life video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 2001 - The ABC TV network airs the final Bob Patterson TV show.
- 2002 - The American Space Experience exhibit in Tomorrowland at Disneyland adds a mock-up of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft and rover to be used to explore Mars in 2005 and 2006.
- 1975 - The National Broadcasting Company airs The Rockford Files TV show in the USA. A light blue 1975/76 Corvette appears briefly.
- 2000 - The National Corvette Museum auctions VIN #1 2001 Z06 Corvette Torch Red coupe for US$76,000 to Bob McDorman.
- 2003 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Grand American Champions race is held, round ten (final) of the Grand-Am Cup series.
- Finishing 2nd in GSI class and 2nd overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette Z06, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- Finishing 3rd in GSI class and 3rd overall is the Powell Motorsport #02 Corvette Z06, driven by Mike Weinberg and Don Knowles.
- Finishing 6th in GSI class and 24th overall is the Gilbert Racing #5 Corvette, driven by James McAndrew and Henry Gilbert.
- Finishing 8th in GSI class and 39th overall is the Silverstone Racing Services #39 Corvette, driven by Chris Hall and Larry Huang.
- 2004 - At the California Speedway in Fontana, California, the Lexus Grand American 400k race is held, round twelve (final) of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series. Finishing 9th in SGS class and 32nd overall is the Michael Baughman Racing #46 Corvette, driven by Todd Hanson and Mike Yeakle.
- 1940 - The British Air Ministry considers the Battle of Britain over.
- 1941 - German submarine U-562 torpedoes American destroyer USS Reuben James while escorting a British convoy west of Ireland. 115 Americans die.
- 1944 - Canadian forces begin amphibious crossings and attacks on Walcheren Island.
- 1944 - The 9th Brigade of the Canadian 3rd Division enters Knock-sur-Mer.
- 1944 - Allied forces take the peninsula of South Beveland, Belgium.
- 1944 - (evening) 493 British bombers attack Cologne, Germany.
- 1991 - Marshall Islands issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Reuben James.
- 1982 - To date, Coleco Industries has sold over 2.2 million table-top video-game machines.
- 1991 - Sega Enterprises sues Accolade, claiming that Accolade should pay royalties to Sega for creating Sega Genesis titles, and that Accolade's games mislead people into thinking they were produced for or licensed by Sega.
- 1996 - Eidos Interactive releases the Tomb Raider video game for the PlayStation and the Saturn. The game innovates with 3D third-person adventure gameplay.
- 1999 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil 2 video game for the Nintendo 64.
- 1999 - Unit sales of Dreamcast video game system in North America to date: 750,862.
- 2001 - Sony releases the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2002 - Square releases a remake of the Final Fantasy video game for the PlayStation in Japan.
- 2002 - Square releases a remake of the Final Fantasy II video game for the PlayStation in Japan.
- 2006 - Rockstar releases the GTA: Vice City Stories video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 2006 - Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy XII video game for the PlayStation 2 in the USA.
- 2006 - Microsoft releases a download update for the Xbox 360 in the US. The update adds 1080p High Definition resolution support, HD DVD support, the ability to play WMV files from PC/disc/USB device, and resolves 84 other issues.
- 2006 - Ubisoft releases the Splinter Cell: Double Agent video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2006 - Konami releases the Death Jr. 2: Root of Evil video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 1632 - King Gustav Adolf arrives at the Saale river, and Naumberg.
- 1961 - The A & W Root Beer Company's image of a large glass mug with "A & W" and "ROOT BEER", a curved handle, and foam on top of the mug is registered as a service mark.
- 2011 - The Royal Canadian Mint unveils the 2011 Proof Highway of Heroes 0.9999 fine silver $10 coin. The design was created by Stan Witten. Weight is 15.87 grams, diameter 34mm, mintage limit 25,000, issue price $69.95.
- 1941 - Former Carson City Mint opens as a museum and art center.
- 1972 - The General Services Administration begins selling government-held Morgan silver dollars to the public, for fixed prices: $30 (lusterous), toned, and $15 (circulated).
- 2007 - Representative Peter Roskam of Illinois and Representative Michael Castle of Delaware introduce H.R. 4036, the "Cents and Sensibility" Act, which would require the Treasury and the US Mint to change the metal composition of circulating coins up to the half dollar.
- 1908 - Games of the IV Olympiad end in London.
- 1943 - Washington Redskins' Sammy Baugh passes for six touchdowns versus Brooklyn (48-10).
- 1968 - Milwaukee Bucks win their first game beating Detroit Pistons 138-118 (6th game).
- 1987 - First jockey to win nine races in one day (Chris Antley at Belmont).
- 1987 - A pair in Coventry, England ties the world record for the longest singles tennis match at 80 hours 21 minutes.
- 1988 - First Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Indianapolis Colts beat Denver Broncos 55-23.
- 2021 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Seattle Kraken by score 3-1.
- 2021 - At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats New Jersey Devils by score 4-3.
- 2021 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Buffalo Sabres by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats Montreal Canadiens by score 4-2.
- 2021 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Arizona Coyotes by score 2-1.
- 2019 - Heavy rain and flooding leave 3 dead and 200,000 people homeless in Beledweyne, Somalia.
- 2020 - Typhoon Goni makes landfall in the Philippines, becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in history, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and killing dozens of people in the region.
- 1861 - US General Winfield Scott, Commander of the US Army, resigns at age 94 citing failing health.
- 1864 - Nevada admitted as 36th US state.
- 1895 - In Charleston, Missouri, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs.
- 1913 - The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across America, is dedicated.
- 1933 - Treasury Secretary William Woodin submits his resignation, but President Franklin Roosevelt refuses to accept it.
- 1934 - The Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago closes. Over the two years, there were 38,867,000 visitors.
- 1941 - German submarine U-562 torpedoes American destroyer USS Reuben James while escorting a British convoy west of Ireland. 115 Americans die.
- 1941 - Former Carson City Mint opens as a museum and art center.
- 1941 - The Mount Rushmore monument is completed in the USA.
- 1943 - The F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.
- 1956 - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek becomes the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.
- 1963 - Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana).
- 1964 - President Lyndon Johnson signs the Federal Food Stamp Act as Public Law 88-525.
- 1968 - US President Lyndon Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam.
- 1969 - Race riot in Jacksonville, Florida.
- 1974 - Laura Aime disappears in Utah (possible Ted Bundy victim).
- 1994 - An American Eagle ATR-72 plane crashes in Roselawn, Indiana, after circling in icy weather, killing 64 passengers.
- 1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.
- 2001 - Searchers recover $230 million in gold and silver from vaults of the Bank of Nova Scotia among rubble of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York City.
- 2005 - U.S. President George W. Bush nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Other history:
- 1517 - Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church - Protestant Reformation.
- 1952 - First thermonuclear bomb detonated - Marshall Islands.
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