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1938 The War of the Worlds Broadcast
Orson Welles airs a Martian invasion as fake news bulletins on CBS radio. Some listeners believe it.
1961 Tsar Bomba Is Tested
The USSR sets off the largest bomb ever, about 50 megatons, over Novaya Zemlya.
1974 The Rumble in the Jungle
In Kinshasa, Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round and regains the heavyweight title.
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1863 The Football Association Is Founded
On a Monday evening, representatives of a dozen London and suburban clubs met at the Freemasons' Tavern on Great Queen Street in London. The meeting followed a letter from Ebenezer Cobb Morley in Bell's…
1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
In Tombstone, Arizona, lawmen Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp, backed by Doc Holliday, faced a group of cowboys: Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Claiborne. About thirty shots were fired…
1965 The Beatles Receive Their MBEs
Prime Minister Harold Wilson had nominated the band, and the honors were announced in June 1965. On the day, the four Beatles arrived at Buckingham Palace in John Lennon's Rolls-Royce while thousands of fans…