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• ...that Russian cellist Anatoliy Brandukov (pictured) entered the Moscow Conservatory aged eight?
• ...that Victor-Alphonse Huard styled himself the "disciple" of Léon Abel Provancher?
• ...that the Iroise Sea on the Atlantic Ocean is France's first marine park?
• ...that Richard Rougier, son of novelist Georgette Heyer, became a British High Court judge?
• ...that HMAS Stalwart was the largest Australian designed and constructed naval vessel?
• ...that the case of Rice v. Collins concerned a juror who may have "rolled her eyes" under questioning?
• ...that Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget was also an MP for Carnarvon despite his active navy career?
• ...that, in 1987, Bolaji Akinyemi proposed the development of nuclear weapons by Nigeria?
• ...that John L. Fugh was the first Chinese American to be Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army?
• ...that Gavin Kaysen was undone at the Bocuse d'Or cooking competition because a dishwasher ate part of his entry?
• ...that Joe Robertson, Dean of Oregon Health and Science University, lives on a houseboat?
• ...that The Legendary Buster Smith was the only solo album by Charlie Parker's mentor Buster Smith?
  

• The Audiencia Nacional in Madrid sentences 21 people for their roles in the 2004 train bombings.
• The Fédération Internationale de Football Association announces that Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and Germany will host the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (pictured) is elected President of Argentina, succeeding her husband Néstor Kirchner.
• In baseball, the Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series by beating the Colorado Rockies in four consecutive games.
• Researchers from Bangor University determine that an ocean quahog clam was aged between 405 and 410 years, making it the longest-lived animal on record.
• Scandinavian Airlines permanently discontinues use of its Dash 8 Q400 Turboprop after a series of crash landings, the latest in Copenhagen.

October 31: Halloween, Samhain, Reformation Day in Protestantism

• 1517 – According to traditional accounts, Martin Luther (pictured) nailed his 95 Theses onto the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
• 1863 – The New Zealand land wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of Waikato along the Waikato River.
• 1922 – Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy at the age of 39, establishing a coalition government composed of fascists, nationalists, and liberals during his first years in office.
• 1941 – Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers completed the colossal busts of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore.
• 1984 – Indira Gandhi, India's first and to date only female prime minister, was assassinated by two of her own bodyguards after Operation Blue Star on the holy Sikh temple in Amritsar. Riots soon broke out in New Delhi and several other cities throughout the country.

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