Today in History: October 31: In 1913, the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across the United States, was dedicated. In 1941, work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, begun in 1927. In 1950, Earl Lloyd of the Washington Capitols became the first Black American to play in an NBA game. In 1984, Indira Gandhi, India’s Prime Minister for over 15 years, was assassinated by two of her own security guards.