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

• 1927 - All Wet
• 1936 - The Country Cousin
• 1947 - Foul Hunting
• 1952 - Two Weeks Vacation

Films

• 1941 - Dumbo
• 2003 - The Human Stain (Miramax Films)

Television

• 1956 - The Disneyland episode "The Plausible Impossible" premieres on ABC.
• 1976 - The Wonderful World of Disney episode "The Secret of Old Glory Mine" premieres on NBC.
• 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" in syndication.
• 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 Recess series finale episode "Terrifying Tales of Recess" premieres early 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.
• 2025
  • The Vampirina: Teenage Vampire episode "First Pet" premieres on Disney Channel (originally released on Disney+ October 15).
  • The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ episode "Daisy's Hole In One Mystery" premieres on Disney Jr. and Disney Channel.
  • The Firebuds episodes "Big Wave Day/Sunken Duncan" premiere on Disney Jr.

Streaming

• 2025 - The Cat's Eye episode "I Wish We Could Stay As We Are" premieres on Disney+ and Hulu.

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)
• 1951 - Randy Cartwright (animator, storyboard artist, and character designer)
• 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)
• 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)