On this Day Oct. 30

In 1735, John Adams was born in Braintree, Mass. He would later go on to become the first vice president and second president of the United States. On this day in 1908, French aviator Henri Farman flew from Bouy to Reims in France — the first cross country flight in Eruope. The 14-mile journey took him about 20 minutes. Farman was also the co-founder of the Farman Aviation Works. In 1938,Orson Welles’ radion dramatization of ‘War of the Worlds’ was broadcast causing widespread panic across the country. Actor Henry Winkler was born in New York City on this day in 1945.