October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years). 61 days remain until the end of the year.
“Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.”
John Keats
Born today
John Keats, 1795, English poet
Observances
Día de la Canción Criolla (Peru)
Earliest day on which All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden)
Halloween and related celebrations:
Allantide (Cornwall)
Halloween (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man)
Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2 (Mexico)
Girl Scouts Founders Day (United States)
King Father's Birthday (Cambodia)
National Unity Day (India)
Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches)
Saci Day (Brazil)
National Magic Day (US)
