Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 October 1938

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The SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship fully loaded with wartime explosives that collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo. Approximately twenty minutes later, a fire on board the SS Mont-Blanc ignited her explosive cargo, causing a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Richmond District.
(6 December 1917)

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There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 30th of October 1938 86 years ago He Created Panic
23-year-old actor and film director Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play "War of the Worlds" in CBS studio, 485 Madison Avenue, 20th floor, New York City, New York, United States. Welles' broadcast was an adaptation of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel 'The War of the Worlds' (1898). More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)