On Oct. 31 in NEPA
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50 years ago, Amedio Pancotti of Exeter was awarded the Carnegie Hero Medal for saving the lives of six miners in the Knox Coal Mine Disaster. Mr. Pancotti was one of 35 people nationwide to have received the honor at that time.
25 years ago, a piece of glass was found in a piece of bubble gum at a Halloween party at Hilltop Manor in South Side. Organizers purchased the gum from a store in Moosic. Police contacted the store and all the gum on the store shelves was removed.
10 years ago, the state Department of Environmental Protection sponsored a recycling fashion show at the Mall at Steamtown. Models wore clothing designed by local residents using recycled materials such as plastic soda bottles and playing cards. Almanac
Today is Saturday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2009. There are 61 days left in the year.
In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to Wittenberg Palace church, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
In 1922, Fascist leader Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy.
In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix.
In 1938, the day after his "War of the Worlds" broadcast panicked U.S. radio listeners, Orson Welles expressed "deep regret" but also bewilderment that anyone had thought the simulated Martian invasion was real.
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