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What happened in history on this day: October 31?
On October 31 in ...
- 1955 - NBC premieres the Matinee Theatre 60-minute live dramatic anthology TV show.
- 1974 - ABC airs the 100th episode of The Odd Couple TV show.
- 1991 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV series Good and Evil.
Births on October 31
- 1893 - Birth of Sara Allgood in Dublin, Ireland; actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase).
- 1896 - Birth of Ethel Waters in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Beulah), singer ("Stormy Weather").
- 1902 - Birth of Eduard Franz in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Zorro).
- 1922 - Birth of Barbara Bel Geddes in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Vertigo, Miss Ellie - Dallas, Caught).
- 1927 - Birth of Lee Grant [Lyova Haskell Rosenthal] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Shampoo, Landlord).
- 1931 - Birth of Dan Rather in Wharton, Texas, USA; American television news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes).
- 1937 - Birth of Michael Landon in Forest Hills, New York, USA; actor (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven).
- 1942 - Birth of David Ogden Stiers in Peoria, Illinois, USA; actor (Charles Emerson Winchester - M*A*S*H, Doc).
- 1944 - Birth of Sally Kirkland in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Anna, Sting, Private Benjamin, Big Bad Mama).
- 1947 - Birth of Deidre Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Days of Our Lives, Our House).
- 1950 - Birth of John Candy in Ontario, Canada; comedian (SCTV, Uncle Buck) (dies 1994).
- 1964 - Birth of Amanda Sandrelli in Rome, Italy; actress (The Key).
Deaths on October 31
- 1963 - Henry Daniell, actor (Camille, Body Snatchers), dies at age 69.
- 1965 - Rita Johnson, actress (All Mine to Give), dies at age 53.
- 1975 - Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at age 78.
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