Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2022. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh (sihk) security guards. On this date: In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state as President Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation. In 1941, work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, begun in 1927. In 1961, the body of Josef Stalin was removed from Lenin’s Tomb as part of the Soviet Union’s “de-Stalinization” drive. In 1964, Theodore C. Freeman, 34, became the first member of NASA’s astronaut corps to die when his T-38 jet crashed while approaching Ellington Air Force Base in Houston. In 1967, Nguyen Van Thieu (nwen van too) took the oath of office as the first president of South Vietnam’s second republic. In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, saying he...
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