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Vice President James S. Sherman

Separatist supporter Maude Theroux-Seguin cries while viewing the final result of Canada’s independence referendum in Montreal (AP Photo - Eric Draper)

Today in History: October 30

Today in History: October 30, 1912, Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term of office with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day. In 1938, the radio play “The War of the Worlds,” starring Orson Welles, aired on the CBS Radio Network. In 1975, the New York Daily News ran the headline, “Ford to City: Drop Dead” a day after President Gerald R Ford said he would veto any proposed federal bailout of New York City. In 1995, by a razor-thin vote of 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent, Federalists prevailed over separatists in a Quebec secession referendum. In 2005, the late Rosa Parks became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

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