Today In History (October 30 1938) Orson Welles

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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1938: Proving that the mob can easily be mesmerized into a fever pitch of madness by mass media, even accidentally, Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, causing large numbers of listeners to believe that Martians are invading the United States.