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  • Nevada, U.S.
    Monday Oct 31, 1864
    Abraham Lincoln

    Nevada was admitted as a free state

    Nevada, U.S.
    Monday Oct 31, 1864

    Nevada, which became the third State in the far-west of the continent, was admitted as a free state on October 31, 1864.




  • Corbin, Kentucky, U.S.
    Friday Oct 31, 1919
    Red Summer

    Corbin race riot

    Corbin, Kentucky, U.S.
    Friday Oct 31, 1919

    Corbin, Kentucky race riot of 1919 was a race riot in 1919 in which a white mob forced nearly all the town's 200 black residents onto a freight train out of town, and a sundown town policy until the late 20th century.




  • U.S.
    Tuesday Oct 31, 1939
    Thanksgiving

    Last Thursday in November

    U.S.
    Tuesday Oct 31, 1939

    On October 31, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a presidential proclamation changing the holiday to the next to last Thursday in November, for business reasons.




  • Lehi, Utah, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 31, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Laura Ann Aime

    Lehi, Utah, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 31, 1974

    On October 31, Laura Ann Aime, also 17 years old girl, disappeared 25 miles (40 km) south in Lehi after leaving a café just after midnight. Her naked body was found by hikers 9 miles (14 km) to the northeast in American Fork Canyon on Thanksgiving Day.




  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Tuesday Oct 31, 2006
    Reddit

    Reddit was sold

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Tuesday Oct 31, 2006

    Huffman and Ohanian sold Reddit to Condé Nast Publications, owner of Wired, on October 31, 2006, for a reported $10 million to $20 million, and the team moved to San Francisco.




  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 31, 2007
    Google LLC

    The Shares Hit $350 For The First Time

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 31, 2007

    The stock performed well after the IPO, with shares hitting $350 for the first time on October 31, 2007, primarily because of strong sales and earnings in the online advertising market.




  • Roseville, Minnesota, U.S.
    Sunday Oct 31, 2021
    06:25:00 PM
    Best Buy

    Hit by a tornado

    Roseville, Minnesota, U.S.
    Sunday Oct 31, 2021
    06:25:00 PM

    In 1981, the Roseville, Minnesota, Sound of Music location, at the time the largest and most profitable Sound of Music store, was hit by a tornado.


  • Nevada, U.S.
    Monday Oct 31, 1864
    Abraham Lincoln

    Nevada was admitted as a free state

    Nevada, U.S.
    Monday Oct 31, 1864

    Nevada, which became the third State in the far-west of the continent, was admitted as a free state on October 31, 1864.


  • Corbin, Kentucky, U.S.
    Friday Oct 31, 1919
    Red Summer

    Corbin race riot

    Corbin, Kentucky, U.S.
    Friday Oct 31, 1919

    Corbin, Kentucky race riot of 1919 was a race riot in 1919 in which a white mob forced nearly all the town's 200 black residents onto a freight train out of town, and a sundown town policy until the late 20th century.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Oct 31, 1939
    Thanksgiving

    Last Thursday in November

    U.S.
    Tuesday Oct 31, 1939

    On October 31, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a presidential proclamation changing the holiday to the next to last Thursday in November, for business reasons.


  • Lehi, Utah, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 31, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Laura Ann Aime

    Lehi, Utah, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 31, 1974

    On October 31, Laura Ann Aime, also 17 years old girl, disappeared 25 miles (40 km) south in Lehi after leaving a café just after midnight. Her naked body was found by hikers 9 miles (14 km) to the northeast in American Fork Canyon on Thanksgiving Day.


  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Tuesday Oct 31, 2006
    Reddit

    Reddit was sold

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Tuesday Oct 31, 2006

    Huffman and Ohanian sold Reddit to Condé Nast Publications, owner of Wired, on October 31, 2006, for a reported $10 million to $20 million, and the team moved to San Francisco.


  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 31, 2007
    Google LLC

    The Shares Hit $350 For The First Time

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 31, 2007

    The stock performed well after the IPO, with shares hitting $350 for the first time on October 31, 2007, primarily because of strong sales and earnings in the online advertising market.


  • Roseville, Minnesota, U.S.
    Sunday Oct 31, 2021
    06:25:00 PM
    Best Buy

    Hit by a tornado

    Roseville, Minnesota, U.S.
    Sunday Oct 31, 2021
    06:25:00 PM

    In 1981, the Roseville, Minnesota, Sound of Music location, at the time the largest and most profitable Sound of Music store, was hit by a tornado.


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