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* [[1978]] - [[Writer]] [[Brian Hayles]] died. | * [[1978]] - [[Writer]] [[Brian Hayles]] died. | ||
* [[1979]] - Actor [[Graham Ashley]] died. | * [[1979]] - Actor [[Graham Ashley]] died. | ||
* [[1985]] - The [[Doctor Who Exhibition Blackpool|Blackpool ''Doctor Who'' Exhibition]] closed after the lease on the building it resided in expired. | |||
* [[1997]] - ''[[Doctor Who]]'' creator [[Sydney Newman]] died. | * [[1997]] - ''[[Doctor Who]]'' creator [[Sydney Newman]] died. | ||
* [[1999]] - Actor [[Cavan Kendall]] died. | * [[1999]] - Actor [[Cavan Kendall]] died. | ||
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On 30 October, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre performed an adaptation of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds on CBS Radio. The broadcast caused nationwide panic across the United States of America. Although calm soon settled as America realised it was only a play, unknown to the public some elements of the production were based on actual events. (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars)
Behind the scenes
- 1912 - Actor Preston Lockwood was born.
- 1914 - Actress Anna Wing was born.
- 1944 - Actor Michael Wade was born.
- 1954 - Actor Chris MacDonnell was born.
- 1965 - "Death of a Spy" was first broadcast on BBC1.
- 1965 - Part four of COMIC: Enter: The Go-Ray was released.
- 1972 - Actress Jessica Hynes was born.
- 1978 - Writer Brian Hayles died.
- 1979 - Actor Graham Ashley died.
- 1985 - The Blackpool Doctor Who Exhibition closed after the lease on the building it resided in expired.
- 1997 - Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman died.
- 1999 - Actor Cavan Kendall died.
