Lawyer Alan Dershowitz

Events in 1938 and 1-9

Events in US in the birth year of Alan Dershowitz

• Orson Welles broadcasts his adaptation of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds, creating a nationwide panic as listeners believe that aliens have landed in New Jersey (Oct. 30).
• Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum wage.
• Unexpected hurricane wreaks havoc on Long Island, N.Y. and in New England. See U.S. Hurricanes.

Birthday Alan Dershowitz (1-9) in history

• Day 1-9 year 1807: Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.
• Day 1-9 year 1923: A devastating earthquake struck the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama. Nearly 150,000 people were killed and more than two million left homeless.
• Day 1-9 year 1939: World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
• Day 1-9 year 1969: A coup in Libya toppled the monarchy of King Idris and brought Muammar al-Qaddafi to power.
• Day 1-9 year 1983: A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter, killing all 269 people aboard.
• Day 1-9 year 1985: A joint U. S.-French expedition located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
• Day 1-9 year 2004: Chechen terrorists took about 1,200 schoolchildren and others hostage in Beslan, Russia. Commandos stormed the school on Sept. 3.