TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2023

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

1864 — Nevada admitted as 36th state

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

1940 — Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto

1950 — Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, D.C.

1954 — Algerian Revolution against French begins

1956 — Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal

1956 — Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service

1959 — Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to U.S.

1963 — Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana)

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

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