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This Day in History on October 30: Radio Broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" Causes Panic

Explore October 30 history including Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast, Tsar Bomba test, Mussolini's rise, and the first canned ...

October 30, 1938- ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast on national radio

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day, Oct. 30, 1938, “The War of the Worlds” was broadcast on national radio. The voice of that ...
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It's been 80 years since Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast terrified the nation

Listeners in 1938 thought the fictional broadcast was a real news report. The year is 1938. The cost of a gallon of gas is 10 cents. Franklin D. Roosevelt is president. The primary medium of ...

‘War of the Worlds’ and separating fact from campaign fiction

Orson Welles' trickery during his 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast — and newspapers' response to it — is an early lesson in ...

Annual “War of the Worlds” radio show returns to SWLA airwaves

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Lake Charles Little Theatre is back with its annual radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds” on ...