Welcome back to The 31st, everyone! As advertised this past August, this column will appear on my blog on the 31st day of every month that has a 31st day, and will be filled with all sorts of cool and interesting trivia.
For this issue (#2), I'm going to focus on the day October 31. Since I am a Christian, I do not celebrate Halloween. Well, what else has happened on October 31? Check out the below list and see!
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Did you know...
- that on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther kicked off the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg?
- that on October 31, 1861, Union General Winfield Scott resigned command of the entire Union Army, due to poor health?
- that on October 31, 1864, Nevada became the 36th U.S. state?
- that on October 31, 1913, the first U. S. transcontinental highway was dedicated? It was called the Lincoln Highway.
- that on October 31, 1930, Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins was born?
- that on October 31, 1941, Mount Rushmore was completed after 14 years of work?
- that on October 31, 2000, Expedition One launched from Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TM-31? Since then, mankind has constantly had a presence in outer space. Expedition One was the very first crew to inhabit the International Space Station.
So there you go. Now we all know that there is much more to October 31 than just Halloween! See you in December!
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