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October 31 2007

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Historical Events

Tolyatti bus bombing
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terrorist attack that happened 31th October 2007 in Tolyatti, Russia
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Born on This Day

Alfred Sauvy🇫🇷
deceased
demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy (1898–1990) · 1898–1990
Days lived
33,601
Angelika Kallwass🇩🇪
German psychologist and TV host · b. 1948
Days alive
21,549

Died on This Day

Andreas Heldrich🇩🇪
deceased
scientist · 1935–2007
Days lived
26,582
Donald Macpherson Baillie🇬🇧
deceased
British theologian and minister (1887–1954) · 1887–1954
Days lived
24,466

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on October 31 Died on October 31 On This Day Day Lookup

Ansu Fati

association football player · b. 2002

Days alive

1,826

Brent Corrigan🇺🇸

actor · b. 1986

Days alive

7,670

Chiang Kai-shek

deceased

politician · 1887–1975

Days lived

31,932

Danielle Rose Russell

Actor · b. 1999

Days alive

2,922

David Ogden Stiers🇺🇸

deceased

American actor (1942–2018) · 1942–2018

Days lived

27,517

Dietmar Eberle🇦🇹

Austrian architect and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich · b. 1952

Days alive

20,088

Emiliano Sala🇮🇹

deceased

football player · 1990–2019

Days lived

10,309

Franc Gubenšek🇸🇮

deceased

Slovene biochemist (1937–2010) · 1937–2010

Days lived

26,588

Frank Shorter🇺🇸

athlete · b. 1947

Days alive

21,915

Fred McGriff🇺🇸

American Hall of Fame baseball player · b. 1963

Days alive

16,071

Georges Mikautadze

association football player · b. 2000

Days alive

2,556

Henning Scherf🇩🇪

German politician · b. 1938

Days alive

25,202

Herman Van Rompuy🇧🇪

Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European Council (born 1947) · b. 1947

Days alive

21,915

Hubert Petschnigg🇦🇹

deceased

Austrian architect (1913-1997) · 1913–1997

Days lived

30,635

Irena Conti Di Mauro🇵🇱

deceased

Polish journalist, poet and writer (1924–2009) · 1924–2009

Days lived

31,041

Jean Améry🇦🇹

deceased

writer · 1912–1978

Days lived

24,092

Jeff Gundlach🇺🇸

Investor & Fund Manager · b. 1959

Days alive

17,532

John Candy🇨🇦

deceased

Canadian actor (1950–1994) · 1950–1994

Days lived

15,830

John Guerin🇺🇸

deceased

American drummer · 1939–2004

Days lived

23,442

Johnny Marr🇬🇧

English musician (born 1963) · b. 1963

Days alive

16,071

Leonor, Princess of Asturias

royalty · b. 2005

Days alive

730

Makoto Yamazaki🇯🇵

Japanese association football player · b. 1970

Days alive

13,514

Marcus Rashford

association football player · b. 1997

Days alive

3,652

Marie Laurencin🇫🇷

deceased

artist · 1883–1956

Days lived

26,518

Melendy Britt🇺🇸

American actress active in television and voice acting · b. 1943

Days alive

23,376

Michael Collins🇺🇸

deceased

American astronaut (1930–2021) · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,052

Miggy🇳🇱

deceased

singer · 1961–2012

Days lived

18,635

Ming C. Lin🇺🇸

American computer scientist · b. 1965

Days alive

15,340

Muhtar Kent

Actor · b. 1952

Days alive

20,088

Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸

deceased

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972

Days lived

34,791

Natasja Saad🇩🇰

deceased

artist · 1974–2007

Days lived

11,924

Nazik Avdalyan🇦🇲

Olympic weightlifter · b. 1986

Days alive

7,670

Nick Saban🇺🇸

American football coach · b. 1951

Days alive

20,454

Norodom Sihanouk🇰🇭

deceased

Cambodian monarch and politician (1922–2012) · 1922–2012

Days lived

32,857

Pete Henry🇺🇸

deceased

American football player (1897–1952) · 1897–1952

Days lived

19,821

Peter Jackson🇳🇿

actor · b. 1961

Days alive

16,801

Reza Pahlavi🇮🇷

last crown prince of Iran (born 1960) · b. 1960

Days alive

17,166

Rob Cordemans

Dutch former baseball player · b. 1974

Days alive

12,053

Rob Schneider🇺🇸

American actor, comedian, and screenwriter · b. 1963

Days alive

16,071

Roger Nimier🇫🇷

deceased

French novelist (1925–1962) · 1925–1962

Days lived

13,481

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel🇮🇳

deceased

politician · 1875–1950

Days lived

27,438

Siegfried Wolf🇦🇹

Austrian chief executive officer · b. 1957

Days alive

18,262

Tyson Gillies🇨🇦

film director · b. 1988

Days alive

6,939

Warren Weir🇫🇷

Jamaican athletics competitor · b. 1989

Days alive

6,574

Willow Smith

singer · b. 2000

Days alive

2,556

Yuji Yaso🇯🇵

Japanese association football player · b. 1969

Days alive

13,879

Zaha Hadid🇬🇧

deceased

artist · 1950–2016

Days lived

23,893

Zahra Rahnavard🇮🇷

Iranian academic and politician · b. 1945

Days alive

22,645

Egon Schiele

deceased

Austrian painter (1890-1918) · 1890–1918

Days lived

10,367

Elmar Wepper🇩🇪

deceased

German actor (1944–2023) · 1944–2023

Days lived

29,052

Ewald Bucher🇩🇪

deceased

German politician of the FDP (1914-1991) · 1914–1991

Days lived

28,228

Federico Fellini🇮🇹

deceased

writer · 1920–1993

Days lived

26,948

Francis Mer🇫🇷

deceased

entrepreneur · 1939–2023

Days lived

30,840

Francis Simon🇬🇧

deceased

chemist · 1893–1956

Days lived

23,131

Gae Aulenti🇮🇹

deceased

Italian architect and designer (1927–2012) · 1927–2012

Days lived

31,013

George Halas🇺🇸

deceased

basketball player · 1895–1983

Days lived

32,412

Gulraiz Akhtar🇵🇰

deceased

Olympic field hockey player (1943–2021) · 1943–2021

Days lived

28,761

Harry Houdini🌍

deceased

Actor · 1874–1926

Days lived

19,213

Herwarth Walden🇩🇪

deceased

writer · 1878–1941

Days lived

23,055

Ignacy Daszyński

deceased

writer · 1866–1936

Days lived

25,572

Indira Gandhi🇮🇳

deceased

writer · 1917–1984

Days lived

24,453

John Renshaw Carson🇺🇸

deceased

scientist · 1886–1940

Days lived

19,848

Lajos Alföldi🇭🇺

deceased

Hungarian bacteriologist, researcher, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1927-2021) · 1927–2021

Days lived

34,570

Manfred Bock🇩🇪

deceased

basketball player · 1941–2010

Days lived

25,358

Marcel Carné🇫🇷

deceased

French film director (1906 – 1996) · 1906–1996

Days lived

32,947

Marie Bashkirtseva🇫🇷

deceased

artist · 1858–1885

Days lived

10,165

Milly Steger🇩🇪

deceased

German sculptor (1881–1948) · 1881–1948

Days lived

24,609

River Phoenix🇺🇸

deceased

singer-songwriter · 1970–1993

Days lived

8,470

Sean Connery🇬🇧

deceased

actor · 1930–2020

Days lived

32,940

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

deceased

businessperson · 1958–2018

Days lived

22,126

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

42,576

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

42,239

George Polley🇺🇸

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

40,114

Keith Padgett🇬🇧

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Fee Plumley🇬🇧

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Shaherose Charania🇨🇦

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Clifford Swann🇦🇺

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

David Segal🇺🇸

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

39,019

Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

Johannes Heesters🇦🇹

deceased

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011) · 1903–2011

Days lived

39,466

Pete Briggs🇺🇸

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

37,924

Emilio Navarro🇺🇸

deceased

Puerto Rican baseball player (1905-2011) · 1905–2011

Days lived

38,567

Koko🇺🇸

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

Kanzi🇺🇸

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

9,864

Tilikum🇺🇸

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

Stubbs🇺🇸

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

Tama🇯🇵

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

Harambe🇺🇸

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

61,664

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

52,106

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

51,072

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

50,706

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

48,150

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

46,802

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

71,133

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

51,802

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

30,154

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

27,697

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

25,607

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

23,584

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

13,004

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

11,821

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

11,116

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

10,429

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

10,386

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

10,165

On This Day

Historical Events

Born on This Day

Alfred Sauvy🇫🇷

Angelika Kallwass🇩🇪

Died on This Day

Andreas Heldrich🇩🇪

Donald Macpherson Baillie🇬🇧

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

Jonathan🇸🇭

Lonesome George🇪🇨

Companies That Existed

Hermes🇫🇷

Procter & Gamble🇺🇸

Already Published

Meditations🇮🇹

Don Quixote🇪🇸

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

12 Angry Men🇺🇸

Ansu Fati

Brent Corrigan🇺🇸

Chiang Kai-shek

Danielle Rose Russell

David Ogden Stiers🇺🇸

Dietmar Eberle🇦🇹

Emiliano Sala🇮🇹

Franc Gubenšek🇸🇮

Frank Shorter🇺🇸

Fred McGriff🇺🇸

Georges Mikautadze

Henning Scherf🇩🇪

Herman Van Rompuy🇧🇪

Hubert Petschnigg🇦🇹

Irena Conti Di Mauro🇵🇱

Jean Améry🇦🇹

Jeff Gundlach🇺🇸

John Candy🇨🇦

John Guerin🇺🇸

Johnny Marr🇬🇧

Leonor, Princess of Asturias

Makoto Yamazaki🇯🇵

Marcus Rashford

Marie Laurencin🇫🇷

Melendy Britt🇺🇸

Michael Collins🇺🇸

Miggy🇳🇱

Ming C. Lin🇺🇸

Muhtar Kent

Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸

Natasja Saad🇩🇰

Nazik Avdalyan🇦🇲

Nick Saban🇺🇸

Norodom Sihanouk🇰🇭

Pete Henry🇺🇸

Peter Jackson🇳🇿

Reza Pahlavi🇮🇷

Rob Cordemans

Rob Schneider🇺🇸

Roger Nimier🇫🇷

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel🇮🇳

Siegfried Wolf🇦🇹

Tyson Gillies🇨🇦

Warren Weir🇫🇷

Willow Smith

Yuji Yaso🇯🇵

Zaha Hadid🇬🇧

Zahra Rahnavard🇮🇷

Egon Schiele

Elmar Wepper🇩🇪

Ewald Bucher🇩🇪

Federico Fellini🇮🇹

Francis Mer🇫🇷

Francis Simon🇬🇧

Gae Aulenti🇮🇹

George Halas🇺🇸

Gulraiz Akhtar🇵🇰