Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 31
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[edit] Births
- 1795 - John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
- 1860 - Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts (d. 1927)
- 1912 - Dale Evans, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
- 1931 - Dan Rather, American television journalist
- 1936 - Michael Landon, American actor (d. 1991) (pictured)
- 1950 - John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
- 1961 - Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
- 1963 - Rob Schneider, American actor
[edit] Deaths
- 1723 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
- 1926 - Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b. 1874)
- 1984 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
- 1993 - Federico Fellini, Italian director (b. 1920)
- 1993 - River Phoenix, American actor (drug overdose) (b. 1970)
