This Week in History

OCTOBER 30

Mark Dana was born.

1938 – Radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, caused

nationwide panic among listeners.

1974 – Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-

round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (“rumble in the jungle”).

OCTOBER 31

Dennis O’Connor was born.

Marilyn Kohn was born.

Kathleen Coughlin was born.

1992 – Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.

NOVEMBER 1

Marianne “Skippy” Doyle was born.

Jim Sluyk was born.

Jeannine Morris was born.

1765 – The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, went into effect.

1952 – The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.

NOVEMBER 2

Trish Sorensen was born.

1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states,

respectively.

1959 – Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted that

he had been given questions and answers in advance.

NOVEMBER 3

Matthew Reilly was born

Diana Darling was born.

1952 -Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas.

1957 – The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II. Laika died in orbit.

NOVEMBER 4

John Shannon was born.

1842 – Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois.

2008 – Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain’s 161.

NOVEMBER 5

Caroline Intrabartolo was born.

Howard Schwach was born.

Brian Van Dexter was born.

1872 – Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote (for President Grant).

1994 – At 45, George Foreman, became the oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas.