On this day: October 31

October 31 : Halloween Indira Gandhi 1917 – World War I : Allied forces defeated Turkish troops in Beersheba in Southern Palestine at the Battle of Beersheba , the battle involving one of the last successful cavalry charges . 1941 – One hundred crew members of the USS Reuben James perished when their vessel became the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by hostile action during World War II after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-552 . 1984 – Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (pictured) was assassinated by two of her own Sikh bodyguards, sparking riots that killed thousands of Sikhs . 2005 –

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