October 31, 2004 HALLOWEEN

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Here we are at Halloween. Well, actually, I'm posting this early because I'm gonna party like it was 1999. Click here for history of Halloween.

1864 - Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.

1892 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

1912 - The Musketeers of Pig Alley , directed by D.W. Griffith, debuts as the first gangster film.

1926 - Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.

1936 - The Boy Scouts of the Philippines was formed.

1941 - After 14 years of work, drilling is completed on Mount Rushmore.

1961 - In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Tomb.

1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards (riots soon broke out in New Delhi and nearly 2,000 innocent Sikhs were killed).

1994 - An American Eagle ATR-72 crashes in Roselawn, Indiana, after circling in icy weather, killing 64 passengers.

1996 - A Brazilian TAM Fokker-100 crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground

1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.

2000 - A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 crashes immediately after takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan killing 81

2000 - A chartered Antonov AN-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50

2000 - The last Multics machine was shut down.

HALLOWEEN BIRTHDAYS:
1860 - Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts

1930 - Michael Collins, American astronaut

1931 - Dan Rather, American news anchor

1936 - Michael Landon, actor (d. 1991)

1950 - John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)

1963 - Rob Schneider, actor

1968 - Vanilla Ice, rap music singer

HALLOWEEN DEATHS:
1984 - Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India

1993 - River Phoenix, actor

2002 - Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell), rapper (Run DMC)