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On Oct. 31, 1941, more than a month before the United States entered World War II, a German submarine torpedoed and sunk a U.S. destroyer, the USS Reuben James.

On Oct. 31, 2014, SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's effort in spaceflight for tourists, crashed during a test flight, killing one of the pilots.

On Oct. 31, 1941, more than a month before the United States entered World War II, a German submarine torpedoed and sunk a U.S. destroyer, the USS Reuben James.

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, or STF, released a list of dozens of politicians expected to be investigated in the multinational Odebrecht corruption scandal.

Brazil is in the midst of a two-year recession, the worst decline on record for the Latin America nation.

On Oct. 31,1926, Harry Houdini, renowned magician, illusionist and escape artist, died of peritonitis in a Detroit hospital following a blow to the abdomen.

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