Today is Friday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2025. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween.<\/p>\n
Today in history:<\/p>\n
On Oct. 31, 1950, Earl Lloyd of the Washington Capitols became the first African-American to play in an NBA game; Lloyd would go on to play for nine seasons, winning an NBA championship in 1955 with the Syracuse Nationals.<\/p>\n
Also on this date:<\/p>\n
In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation making Nevada the 36th state, eight days before the presidential election.<\/p>\n
In 1913, the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across the United States, was dedicated.<\/p>\n
In 1941, work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, begun in 1927.<\/p>\n
In 1961, the body of Josef Stalin was removed from Lenin\u2019s Tomb as part of the Soviet Union\u2019s \u201cde-Stalinization\u201d drive.<\/p>\n
In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990, bound from New York to Cairo, crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard.<\/p>\n
In 1984, Indira Gandhi, India\u2019s Prime Minister for more than 15 years, was assassinated by two of her own security guards.<\/p>\n
In 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
In 2011, the United Nations estimated that world population had reached seven billion people (world population is greater than eight billion today).<\/p>\n
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