1. The Oregon Constitution was adopted on October 31, 1857. This document established Oregon as a state and laid out the framework for its government.

2. On October 31, 1952, the first television station in Oregon went on the air. Portland's KPTV channel 12 began broadcasting, bringing news and entertainment programming to the state's residents.

3. In 1903, a tornado struck the town of Heppner, Oregon on October 31. This devastating natural disaster killed over 240 people and is one of the deadliest tornadoes in American history.

4. On October 31, 2011, Amanda Knox, an American student who had been convicted of murder in Italy, returned to her hometown of Seattle, Washington after she was acquitted of the crime.

5. The first person to die in Oregon's electric chair was executed on October 31, 1903. Charles Baker had been convicted of murder and was put to death at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.