Today we ’re treating you to some of the more interesting and coincidental events to take place on this day in chronicle . While you all know today is Halloween , you may not roll in the hay that on this date …
-Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation , sail through his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Palace church in 1517 .
-John Keats , who subsequently write a sonnet titled " pen in Disgust of Vulgar Superstition , " was baptized in 1795 .
-Nevada , a state of matter now known for the revelry and costumes of Las Vegas , became the thirty-sixth state in 1864 . (= = = > )
-Arthur Conan Doyle ’s " The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes " was published in 1892 .
-In 1933 , many metropolis in America suffered great destruction at the hand of mischief - making teenaged son . The day became have it off as " Black Hallowe’en , " and many cities form committees to prevent such destruction from happening again .
-Orson Welles , in 1938 , show " cryptic regret " for the confusion due to his presentation of " War of the Worlds " on the premature daylight . He was also bewildered , though , that people in reality believed the alien intrusion was real .
-Canadian comedian and actor John Candy was contain in 1950 .
-In 1964 , Helen Pfeil distributed ant poison , steel - wool pad , and dog biscuits as Halloween " treats " to older minor in New York . Her case is the first recorded incident of Halloween candy tampering .
-Ronald O’Bryan poisoned his minor ’s Halloween candy in 1974 . He was indict for his 8 - year - old son ’s slaying , as well as for the seek slaying of his 5 - year - old daughter and three other children . purportedly , he did it for the $ 38,000 indemnity on his tike .
-Marijuana - stuff Snickers bars were accidentally handed out to children in Hercules , Calif. , in 2000 . The candy had land in the dead - mail office and was handed out by an employee , who was incognizant that the confect was an endeavour to get off marijuana to San Francisco .
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