On This Day: October 31st

Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens its doors after nearly 10 years of delays due to construction issues and project corruption.

A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.

Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California.

The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.

Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.

A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.

Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.