Friday, October 30, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

OCTOBER 30
1938: Orson Welles gives America a Halloween scare with his radio play The War of the Worlds, which uses fake breaking news reports about a Martian invasion.

1957: Britain announces it will admit women into the House of Lords.

1975: “Ford to City: Drop Dead” is the headline in the New York Daily News after President Gerald Ford vows to veto any federal bailout for the city.


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