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31 October| 31 October 1795 | England [births and deaths] | John Keats, English Romantic lyric poet, born in London, England (–1821). | | 31 October 1887 | China, Taiwan [births and deaths] | Jiang Jie Shi (Chiang Kai-shek), Chinese statesman, leader of the Nationalist government 1928–49, and then of the Chinese Nationalist government in exile on Taiwan, born in Zhejiang Province, China (–1975). | | 31 October 1903 | USA [political events] | A group of US and Panamanian partisans stage a rebellion in Colombia near the site of the proposed Panama canal. The US Navy prevents the Colombian military from entering the area. Three days later the Republic of Panama is declared. | | 31 October 1968 | China [revolution] | During the Cultural Revolution in China, the Communist Party expels President Liu Shaoqi after a protracted campaign against him by the Red Guards. | | 31 October 1968 | USA, North Vietnam, South Vietnam [Vietnam War (1954–75)] | In a nationally televised address, the US president Lyndon B Johnson orders a complete halt to the bombing of North Vietnam and announces an agreement on the composition of Vietnamese delegations for peace talks. | | 31 October 1971 | UK [everyday life] | Britain reverts to Greenwich Mean Time after three years of British Standard Time. | | 31 October 1984 | India [political events] | Rajiv Gandhi is sworn in as prime minister of India amid communal violence between Sikhs and Hindus after the assasination of his mother Indira by her Sikh bodyguards. | | 31 October 1984 | India [terrorism] | Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India 1966–77 and 1980–84 is assassinated in New Delhi, India (66). She is killed by extremist Sikhs among her bodyguards, apparently in response to the storming of the Sikh Golden Temple at Amritsar by Indian government troops. | | 31 October 1988 | UK [companies and organizations] | British Airways introduces the air miles scheme, offering points towards free flights for specified purchases. | | 31 October 1993 | Rome [births and deaths] | Federico Fellini, Italian film director, dies in Rome, Italy (73). | | 31 October 2000 | England [football] | In the wake of Kevin Keegan's resignation as the England team's football manager, the Football Association announces the appointment of the Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson as the long-term replacement from July 2001. |
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