WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

Today is Wednesday, October 31, the 305

th

day of 2012. There are 61 days left in the year.

1517 ― Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation

1793 ― Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror

1815 ― Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner's safety lamp

1922 ― Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy

1952 ― First thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands

1968 ― President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam

1969 ― George Harrison's "Something" is released in U.K.

1983 ― Ron Grant completes a 217-day, 8,316-mile run around Australia

1987 ― A pair in Coventry, England ties the world record for the longest singles tennis match at 80 hours, 21 minutes

1988 ― Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia