Orson Welles Creates Historic Scary Radio Broadcast - This Day in History – Oct 30th

Back in 1938, radio announcer, Orson Welles read a realistic invasion of Martins taking over a part of the U.S. and thus created panic with "War of the Worlds." This broadcast was not planned to be a radio hoax, however Welles did not conceive how much panic this would cause throughout the U.S.

The narration of the aliens made the radio listeners believe that this invasion was actually happening due to reports as told from history.com, “Good heavens," he declared, "something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now here's another and another one and another one. They look like tentacles to me ... I can see the thing's body now. It's large, large as a bear. It glistens like wet leather. But that face, it... it ... ladies and gentlemen, it's indescribable. I can hardly force myself to keep looking at it, it's so awful. The eyes are black and gleam like a serpent. The mouth is kind of V-shaped with saliva dripping from its rimless lips that seem to quiver and pulsate."

The Federal Communications Commission was called in to investigate this radio broadcast but it was determined that no law was broken.  Welles part in this scheme would bring him fame as a successful career as a writer, director, producer and star in a film classic, “Citizen Cane.”

Happy Day’s Henry Winkler, aka “The Fonz” is born

Back in 1945, actor, Henry Winkler was born in New York City. Mr. Winkler was a classically trained actor but found fame playing Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on ABC Television 70’s sitcom, “Happy Days,” along with Ron Howard.  Mr. Winkler would later become a director and producer.

According to history.com, “He also directed various TV and film projects and produced such TV shows as MacGyver. On the big screen, Winkler has also appeared in such movies as The Lords of Flatbush (1974); Heroes (1977), in which he plays a Vietnam veteran; Night Shift (1992), which was directed by Ron Howard; and 1998’s The Waterboy, starring Adam Sandler.”

Ali beats Foreman in “Rumble in the Jungle”

Back in 1974 heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and George Foreman battled in one of the most hyped matches in sports history called, “Rumble in the Jungle.”

This match was held in Kinshasa Zaire was given this name by boxing promoter, Don King.

Muhammad Ali had an agenda of holding this boxing match in Zaire.  According to history.com, “Ali agreed. "I wanted to establish a relationship between American blacks and Africans," he wrote later. "The fight was about racial problems, Vietnam. All of that." He added: "The Rumble in the Jungle was a fight that made the whole country more conscious."

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