Other events of the day: 1451 - Christopher Columbus was born (probably), the navigator who discovered the New World for the Europeans.
1632 - Jan Vermeer, Dutch artist, was born.
1811 - The port of Tsarskoe Selo was opened.
1815 - Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician, was born.
1892 - Arthur Conan Doyle published the collection "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
1922 - Anatoly Papanov, actor, People's Artist of the Soviet Union, was born.
1950 - Zaha Hadid, British architect, representative of deconstructivism, was born.
1967 - Vanilla Ice, American rapper, was born.
1975 - Queen released a single with the song "Bohemian Rhapsody".
1985 - VIA "Singing Hearts" was changed to the group "Aryeh".
1992 - The Catholic Church reinstated Galileo Galilei.
2000 - The last computer running the Multics operating system was discontinued 2005 - NASA announced the discovery of two moons of Pluto, later named Hydra and Nix.
2018 - The Statue of Unity, the tallest statue in the world, was unveiled in India.
National Magic Day - USA.
National Caramel Apple Day - USA.
Pumpkin Day Carving - USA.
The celebration of the end of the harvest "Samhain" - Ireland.
National Trick or Treat Day - USA.
Beggars' Night - USA.
Lamb Hugging Day - USA.
National Knock Knock Joke Day - USA.
Reformation Day (Reformationtag) - Germany, Chile, Slovenia National Insect Cessation Day - UK.
National Doorbell Day - USA.
National Pit Bull Awareness Day - USA.
National UNICEF Day - USA, Canada.
Detention Center and Pretrial Prison Workers' Day - Russia.
The Scandinavian Rosh Hashanah, a holiday of the beginning of winter (winter nights) - Scandinavia.