2014 Event Discount retailer Wal-Mart says that it is sorry for labeling women's plus-sized Halloween costumes as 'Fat Girl Costumes' on its website; the company retitled the shopping category and has sent individual apologies to offended customers on Twitter 2011 Event Four states and 1.5 million people in the Eastern U.S. still have no power after a 2011 Halloween nor-easter hit the area with unusually early snowfall 1995 Death Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at 75 1981 Event 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC) 1958 Birthday Jamie Lee Curtis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Anything But Love, Halloween 1948 Birthday John Carpenter, born in Carthage, New York, director, Halloween, The Thing 1919 Birthday Donald Pleasence, Worksop England, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Halloween 834 Event 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints
