Thursday, October 31, 2024
This Day In History
Another section of Great Wall of China discovered
Announced on November 3, 1998 was the discovery in the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia of a previously unknown 15.5-mile (25-km) segment of the Great Wall of China, which runs a total of about 4,500 miles (7,300 km).
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/November-3
This Day In History
Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president
Jimmy Carter, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 and Democratic former governor of Georgia, was elected 39th president of the United States November 2, 1976, narrowly defeating Republican Gerald R. Ford.
Taken from:https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/November-2
This Day In History
James Cameron's Titanic, a drama about the doomed ocean liner, had its first public screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival; the movie would become one of the highest grossing of all time, and it made Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet international stars.
November 1, 1997
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/October-31
This Day In History
Luther's Ninety-five Theses posted
According to tradition, Martin Luther October 31, 1517 posted on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany, his Ninety-five Theses, a manifesto that turned a protest about an indulgence scandal into the Protestant Reformation.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/October-31
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