Today In History
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2017. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1517: Martin Luther sent his 95 Theses denouncing what he saw as the abuses of the Catholic Church, especially the sale of indulgences, to the Archbishop of Mainz, Germany (by some accounts, Luther also posted the Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg), marking the start of the Protestant Reformation.
ON THIS DATE
› 1795: English poet John Keats was born in London.
› 1864: Nevada became the 36th state as President Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation.
› 1941: Work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, begun in 1927.
› 1956: Navy Rear Adm. George J. Dufek and six others became the first air travelers to set foot at the South Pole.
› 1975: The Queen single “Bohemian Rhapsody” was released in the United Kingdom by EMI Records.
› 1992: Pope John Paul II formally proclaimed that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in condemning the astronomer Galileo for holding that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actress Lee Grant is
92. Former CBS anchorman Dan Rather is 86. Folk singer Tom Paxton is 80. Actor Ron Rifkin is 79. Actress Sally Kirkland is 76. Olympic gold medal long-distance runner Frank Shorter is
70. Actress Deidre Hall is 70. TV show host Jane Pauley is 67. Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell is 60. Movie director Peter Jackson is 56. Rock musician Larry Mullen is 56. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 54. Country singer Darryl Worley is 53. Actor-comedian Mike O’Malley is 52. Rap musician Adrock is 51. Songwriter Adam Schlesinger is 50. Rap performer Vanilla Ice (aka Rob Van Winkle) is 50. Actress Piper Perabo is 41. Actor Brian Hallisay is 39. Actress Samaire Armstrong is 37. Folk-rock musician Tay Strathairn (Dawes) is 37. Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas is 37. Rock musician Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) is 36. Actor Justin Chatwin is 35. Actor Scott Clifton is 33. Actress Vanessa Marano is 25. Actress Holly Taylor is 20. Actress-singer Willow Smith is 17.