TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Oct. 31, 1961

The body of Josef Stalin was removed from Lenin’s Tomb as part of the Soviet Union’s “de-Stalinization” drive.

ON THIS DATE

1941

Work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, begun in 1927.

1975

The Queen single “Bohemian Rhapsody” was released in the United Kingdom by EMI Records.

1998

A genetic study was released suggesting President Thomas Jefferson did in fact father at least one child by his slave Sally Hemings.