This day in history

OCTOBER 31

1940 - The Battle of Britain, a struggle between Germany and Britain for air control of the English Channel early in World War Two, ended.

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1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by three Sikh members of her bodyguard.

2000 - A Soyuz TM-31 rocket blasted off from Russia to the International Space Station carrying two Russians and an American, the first people to live on the station.

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