October 30th

Look at how un-memorable October 30th was before 2008. Depending on how well this blog thing goes, we have a legitimate shot at being the most notable thing to ever happen on October 30th. It's already us vs. Orson Welles...

2008 Three Dudes Write a Blog is born
2001 Michael Jordan returns to the NBA with the Washington Wizards
1999 A fire in an illegal club in Inchon, South Korea, claims 55 lives
1990 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein states that his country is preparing for war with the US
1975 With Spanish dictator Francisco Franco near death, Prince Juan Carlos assumes power
1961 The USSR tests a hydrogen bomb with an estimated force of nearly 60 megatons
1945 India joins the United Nations
1938 Orson Welles broadcasts a dramatization of War of the Worlds; panic ensues in US
1918 The Republic of Czechoslovakia is proclaimed
1912 US Vice President John Sherman dies in office
1611 King Charles IX of Sweden dies