On October 31, 1999, Canadian IndyCar racer Greg Moore died during the C.A.R.T. IndyCar season finale at California Speedway.

On this date in 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh men.

On this date in 1983, a suicide bomber at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon killed 220 U.S. Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors, and 3 U.S. Army soldiers.

A near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers.