A bit of October 31st history…
1517 - Martin Luther sends his 95 Theses to Albrecht von Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating the Protestant Reformation
1541 - Michelangelo finishes painting “The Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
1846 - The Donner party, unable to cross Donner Pass, construct a winter camp
1918 - Spanish Flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week
1941 - Mt Rushmore Monument is completed in South Dakota
1956 - Britain and France join Israeli forces in Egypt and begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal
1992 - Roman Catholic Church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years
2003 - Bethany Hamilton, aged 13, has her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing in Hawaii
2018 - World’s biggest statue, the Statue of Unity, is unveiled in India (pictured)
2019 - US House of Representatives votes to formalize impeachment proceedings against President Trump
A bit of October 31st history… 1517 - Martin Luther sends his 95...
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