Two births and a title decider. Here is what happened in Formula 1 on 31 October.
1941: Derek Bell is born
Derek Bell was born in Pinner, on the edge of London. He started 9 Grands Prix between 1968 and 1974, driving for teams including Ferrari, McLaren and Surtees, and scored a single point.
His fame came in sportscars. Bell won the Le Mans 24 Hours five times (1975, 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1987), took the World Sportscar Championship in 1985 and 1986, and won the Daytona 24 Hours three times.
1988: Sébastien Buemi is born
Sébastien Buemi was born in Aigle, Switzerland. He raced for Toro Rosso from 2009 to 2011, making 55 starts and scoring 29 points.
His best Formula 1 result was seventh place at the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Like Bell, he went on to greater things elsewhere: the 2015 to 2016 Formula E title with Renault e.dams and four Le Mans wins with Toyota.
1999: Häkkinen wins at Suzuka to keep his crown
Mika Häkkinen won the Japanese Grand Prix, the last race of the season, to take his second straight title with McLaren.
Ferrari's Eddie Irvine arrived at Suzuka four points ahead, 70 to 66. Häkkinen started second, beat pole-sitter Michael Schumacher by 5.015 seconds and finished the year on 76 points. Irvine was third and ended two points short.
Ferrari still left Japan with the constructors' title, its first since 1983. The race was also the last Grand Prix for the 1996 champion Damon Hill, who pulled into the pits and retired.
Race it on Late Brake
Buemi's best Formula 1 finish came at Interlagos, one of six real circuits in the free browser game Late Brake, and the next stop on the calendar. Race it anticlockwise, get a clean exit from Junção for the long climb to the line and chase the gold medal time against your own ghost.
Sources: 1999 Japanese Grand Prix, Derek Bell), Sébastien Buemi, Damon Hill (Wikipedia)