October 24, 1901 - Clue: Over the falls in a barrel.
Answer: Annie Edson Taylor is the first to ride Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.
October 25, 1944 - Clue: The Japanese employ a frightening new battle technique.
Answer: The Japanese first use kamikaze fighters in World War II during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
October 26, 1977 - Clue: A dreaded disease has been wiped out.
Answer: The last naturally occurring smallpox infection strikes a man in Somalia.
October 27, 1873 - Clue: Joseph Glidden changes the face of the Old West.
Answer: Joseph Glidden creates the most successful form of barbed wire.
October 28, 1886 - Clue: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."
Answer: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
October 29, 1929 - Clue: Black Tuesday
Answer: The Stock Market "crashes" signaling the end of the prosperous 1920s and the beginning of the Great Depression.
October 30, 1938 - Clue: Orson Welles terrifies the nation with a radio show.
Answer: Orson Welles, a radio announcer, broadcasts a dramatization of H.G. Wells' science fiction classic "War of the Worlds."
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