==Events==
* Orson Wells broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells' ''The War of the Worlds'', causing anxiety in some of the audience in the [[United States]]. <br> This radio broadcast, though advertised as a play, lead some people to believe that aliens had landed on [[Earth]], and were violent.
* The [[Nuclear Fission|nuclear fission]] of uranium is discovered. <br> This becomes the scientific and technological basis of nuclear power, which marks the beginning of the "Atomic Age" on [[Earth]].
==Events==
*'''October 30''' – Orson Wells broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells' ''The War of the Worlds'', causing anxiety in some of the audience in the [[United States]].
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