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These are just some of the events that happened on October 31st.
1861, Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigned as Commander of the United States Army.
1864, Nevada was admitted as the 36th state.
1926, Magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.
1938, In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveiled a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
1941, After 14 years of work, drilling was completed on Mount Rushmore.
1956, The United Kingdom and France began bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
1959, Lee Harvey Oswald attempted to renounce his American citizenship at the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR.
1968, Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that he had ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots broke out in New Delhi and nearly 2,000 Sikhs were killed.
1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashed off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.
2002, A federal grand jury in Houston formally indicted former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
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