Born on October 31, 2000

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 attempted takeoff on a closed runway at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek Airport and struck construction equipment in typhoon conditions, killing 83 of the 179 people aboard. The disaster exposed critical failures in runway signage and crew communication that led to worldwide reforms in airport ground operations during adverse weather.

The Soyuz TM-31 rocket vaulted into orbit, delivering the first resident crew to the International Space Station. This mission ended the era of intermittent visits and initiated a streak of continuous human presence in space that has persisted for over two decades, transforming the station into a permanent laboratory for long-term orbital research.

An Antonov An-26 disintegrated mid-air shortly after departing Luanda, killing all 50 people on board. The crash exposed the extreme dangers of Angola’s unregulated aviation sector, where aging Soviet-era aircraft frequently operated without basic safety oversight during the final years of the country’s protracted civil war.

Singapore Airlines Flight 006 attempted to take off from a closed runway at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, colliding with construction equipment in heavy rain. The disaster claimed 83 lives and forced the aviation industry to overhaul runway lighting standards and pilot taxiing protocols during low-visibility conditions.

Kazuki Watanabe, the charismatic frontman of the visual kei band Raphael, died at nineteen from an accidental drug overdose. His sudden passing dissolved one of Japan's most promising rock acts, leaving behind a devoted fanbase and a catalog that defined the late nineties' underground music scene.

Ring Lardner Jr. went to prison for contempt of Congress in 1950 — one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify about communism. Blacklisted for fifteen years. He wrote scripts under pseudonyms for $500 each. Then he co-wrote "M*A*S*H" in 1970 and won an Oscar. He was 55. He'd already won one in 1942 for "Woman of the Year." Prison was the intermission.

Kazuki Watanabe played guitar for Melt-Banana, a Japanese noise-rock band that sounded like a video game being murdered. Songs lasted 90 seconds. He played thousands of notes per minute. The band toured constantly. He died in a car accident in 2000 at 19. The band kept going without him for 20 more years.

en Nueva York, la ONU adopta la Resolución 1325 del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas.