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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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1840 Claude Monet Is Born
Claude Monet, whose painting gave Impressionism its name, is born in Paris.
1851 Moby-Dick Is Published in America
Harper & Brothers publish Herman Melville's Moby-Dick in New York.
1889 Nellie Bly Starts Her Race Around the World
Journalist Nellie Bly sets off from Hoboken to beat Phileas Fogg's fictional trip around the world in 80 days.
1971 Mariner 9 Reaches Mars
NASA's Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.