THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024

1908-Fourth Olympic games end in London

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

1952-First thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands

1954-Algerian Revolution against French begins

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

1956-Brooklyn, N.Y. ends streetcar service

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

1967-Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st pres of S. Vietnam second Rep

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

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

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

1988-Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia