Halloween and the other great events of October 31st

Mount Rushmore, finished on October 31st, 1941 (Picture credit: Dean Franklin. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)

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Yes, it's Halloween. But plenty of other things happened on October 31st. Most crucially, 1,550 years ago, Romulus Augustulus became the last ever Western Roman Emperor

1. 475 - Romulus Augustulus proclaimed the last Western Roman Emperor

Solidus Romulus Augustus (Picture credit: RIC 3406. CC BY-SA 3.0)

2. 1517 – Martin Luther presents his 95 Theses

Lucas Cranach d.J., circa 1570/1580, (Picture credit: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna)

3. 1864 – Nevada becomes 36^th state

4. 1941 – the construction of Mount Rushmore is completed

5. 1956 – Hungarian rebels establish a revolutionary headquarters and reestablish banned political parties

Red army soldier statue which stood below the Liberation Monument (Szabadság szobor) at the top of the Gellért Hill (Gellért-hegy) of Budapest. (Picture credit: CC BY-SA 3.0)

6. Hallowe'en - or All Hallows' Eve

Hallowe'en celebrates the day before All Hallows' Day, the Christian festival celebrating all the saints