Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Wacky history

On October 30th in:
1739 The War of Jenkin's Ear begins when England declares war on Spain

1888 The ball point pen is patented by John J. Loud

1938 Orson Welles scares the pants off half the nation with his broadcast
of War of the Worlds

1948 6,000 people get sick and 20 die from smog in Donora, PA

1952 Clarence Birdseye sells the first frozen peas

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