Here are a few notable events in history that have taken place on October 31:
1517: Martin Luther, a German monk and theologian, is said to have nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany. This event is considered a catalyst for the Protestant Reformation.
1864: Nevada becomes the 36th state of the United States.
1922: The tomb of Tutankhamun, an Egyptian pharaoh, is discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings.
1941: The Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota is completed after 14 years of construction.
1956: The Suez Crisis begins when Israel invades Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, prompting military intervention by the United Kingdom and France.
1994: The European Union (EU) is established with the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty.
2000: Soyuz TM-31 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first crew to live aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
2011: The global population reaches 7 billion people, according to estimates by the United Nations.
These are just a few examples of events that occurred on October 31 throughout history.
Source: Some or all of the content was generated using an AI language model
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