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1938 Welles scares nation Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds"-a realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth. Orson Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells' 19th-century science fiction novel War of the Worlds for... read more »
American Revolution 1775 Naval committee established by Congress »
Automotive 1893 The World's Columbian Exposition closes in Chicago »
Civil War 1862 Ormsby MacKnight Mitchell dies »
Cold War 1953 Eisenhower approves NSC 162/2 »
Crime 1890 Oakland, California, enacts anti-drug law »
Disaster 1991 Perfect storm hits North Atlantic »
General Interest 1908 Queen of American high society dies » 1975 Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain » 1995 Quebec separatists narrowly defeated »
Hollywood 1945 Henry "The Fonz" Winkler is born »
Literary 1811 Sense and Sensibility is published »
Music 1944 Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring premieres at the Library of Congress »
Old West 1864 The city of Helena, Montana, is founded after miners discover gold »
Presidential 1735 John Adams is born »
Sports 1974 Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle »
Vietnam War 1965 Marines repel attack near Da Nang. » 1970 Heavy monsoon rains hit Vietnam »
World War I 1918 Ottoman Empire signs treaty with Allies »
World War II 1941 FDR approves Lend-Lease aid to the USSR »
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