October, 31


October 31 is the 304th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (305th if leap year). It 61 days before the end of the year.

Celebrations

There is no celebration for this day!

Events

Rehabilitation of Galileo by the Vatican

(October, 31 1992)
360 years after his trial, John Paul II recognized the errors of the Catholic Church on the judgment of theologians towards scientists and especially for Galilee.

Mount Rushmore is completed

(October, 31 1941)
End of work for the monument to the effigy of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln to celebrate 150 years of the United States of America. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers sculpted and four 18 meter high faces.

Dissemination of Ninety-Five Theses of Martin Luther

(October, 31 1517)
The document would have been plastered to the church door at Wittenberg (now in Saxony-Anhalt) and sparked the Reformation in Germany.

Sayings

There is no saying for this day!

Astrology

Sign of the Zodiac: 9th day of the astrological sign of Scorpio.