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| ORSON WELLS |
OCTOBER 30
1974:Muhammad Ali knocks out previously undefeated heavyweight champion George Foreman, winning in eight rounds at the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire. Organized by promoter Don King, the bout is the first heavyweight championship event to be held in Africa.
1938: Orson Welles causes a panic among American radio listeners tuned into the Mercury Theatre on the Air on CBS. Welles' radio play version of H.G. Wells' 1898 novel The War of the Worlds,
adapted to resemble a news broadcast, unintentionally dupes thousands
of listeners into believing that Earth is under alien attack from Mars.
1944: Martha Graham stars in the debut of the ballet Appalachian Spring at the Library of Congress in Washington. Graham choreographed the performance, based on the music of Aaron Copland.
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