This article is about the day. For the Kim Possible episode, see October 31st.
October 31 is known as Halloween in some countries.
Theatrical releases[]
Shorts[]
Films[]
- 2003 - The Human Stain (Miramax Films)
Television[]
- 1956 - The Disneyland episode "The Plausible Impossible" premieres on ABC.
- 1983 - Tim Burton's Hansel and Gretel premieres on the Disney Channel on its first and only airing.
- 1987 - The Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Boggling the Bears" premieres on NBC.
- 1991 - The Darkwing Duck episode "Ghoul of My Dreams" premieres on ABC.
- 1992
- The Darkwing Duck episode "Hot Spells" premieres on ABC.
- The Goof Troop episode "Talent to the Max" premieres on ABC.
- The Little Mermaid episode "The Evil Manta" premieres on CBS.
- The Raw Toonage episodes "Get Me a Pizza (Hold the Minefield)/Nightmare on Rocky Road/Wannabe Ruler?/The Porker's Court" premiere on CBS.
- 1994 - The Aladdin episode "The Citadel" premieres in syndication.
- 1996 - The Quack Pack episode "The Boy Who Cried Ghost" premieres in syndication.
- 1997
- The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episode "Cruella World" premieres in syndication.
- The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Farming" premieres in syndication.
- The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Dancin' the Day Away" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
- The Boy Meets World episode "The Witches of Pennbrook" premieres on ABC.
- 1998
- The Disney's Doug episode "Doug: Night of the Living Dougs" premieres on ABC.
- The Recess episodes "The Substitute/Gretchen and the Secret of Yo" premiere on ABC.
- The Pepper Ann episodes "A 'Tween Halloween/Mash into Me" premiere on ABC.
- The Hercules episode "Hercules and the Caledonian Boar" premieres on ABC.
- 2001 - The season six premiere of Recess, "Terrifying Tales of Recess", premieres on UPN and in syndication.
- 2004 - The Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "Thingy" premieres on ABC Family.
- 2009 - The Phineas and Ferb episodes "The Bully Code/Finding Mary McGuffin" premiere on Disney XD.
- 2014 - The Evermoor Chronicles episode "Supreme Everine" first premieres on Disney Channel.
- 2017 - The Pickle and Peanut episodes "Fast Food Pirates/The Drone" premiere on Disney XD.
- 2022
- The Hamster & Gretel episodes "Comic Shop CopyCat/Neigh, It Ain't So!" and "Saturday Homecoming Fever/Dr. Eelgood" premiere on Disney XD.
- "Comic Book Copycat/Neigh, It Ain't So!" originally released on Disney+ on August 17 and premiered on Disney Channel on September 3.
- "Saturday Homecoming Fever/Dr. Eelgood" originally premiered on Disney Channel on September 10.
- The Hamster & Gretel episodes "Comic Shop CopyCat/Neigh, It Ain't So!" and "Saturday Homecoming Fever/Dr. Eelgood" premiere on Disney XD.
DVD releases[]
- 2006 - Keeping Up with the Steins (Miramax Home Entertainment)
Video games[]
- 2010 - Toy Story 3: The Video Game is released for the PlayStation 2 in North America.
- 2017 - Disney Tsum Tsum Land is released for iOS and Android in Japan.
People[]
Births[]
- 1451 - Christopher Columbus † (maritime explorer)
- 1909 - Thelma Boardman † (voice actress and writer)
- 1912 - Ollie Johnston † (animator)
- 1942 - David Ogden Stiers † (actor, voice actor, and conductor)
- 1945 - Brian Doyle-Murray (actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
- 1950 - John Candy † (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- 1963 - Rob Schneider (actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and director)
- 1967 - Adam Schlesinger † (songwriter, composer, and record producer)
- 1970 - Nolan North (actor and voice actor)
- 1993 - Letitia Wright (actress)
- 1995 - Mateo Arias (actor)
- 1997 - Sydney Park (actress and comedian)
Deaths[]
- 1926 - Harry Houdini (illusionist, magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, historian, film producer, pilot, and debunker)
- 1970 - Grant Simmons (animator, director, and writer)
- 2020 - Sean Connery (actor, voice actor, and producer)