Dear Readers,
On Oct. 30, 1938, many Americans believed Orson Welles' radio broadcast adaptation of H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" was reporting an actual alien invasion.
 CBS Radio broadcast the production of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater on the Air. The broadcast, which aired at 8:00 p.m. on the evening before Halloween, was based on H.G. Wells' 1898 novel "The War of the Worlds."Adapted and narrated by Orson Welles, the radio show was intended to simulate an alien invasion of Earth as it would be reported on the radio by the news media. Using mock news reports and sound effects, Welles presented the program as breaking news and inadvertently created mass hysteria. Although the program opened with a disclaimer that the broadcast was a fictional recreation of the H.G. Wells novel, many radio listeners tuned into the broadcast after the introductory disclaimer. What these people heard began with a fake broadcast of Ramon Raquello and his Orchestra. The orchestral performance began to be interrupted by pseudo-newsflashes that took on increasing tones of alarm and danger. Many listeners believed the newsflashes were real, and mass hysteria began spreading throughout the northeast, primarily in New York and New Jersey, where the invasion was purportedly taking place.
On October 30, 1892, legendary bodybuilder Charles Atlas was born. He became an icon in the 1920s as the man who transformed himself from a skinny weakling into a muscle-bound celebrity, after having sand kicked in his face on Coney Island beach, and drawing inspiration from a visit to Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo. Nearly 40 years after his death, his company still sells his famous products.
Highlights from SweetSearch2Day:
Interview of the Day offers three newsreel video interviews with Amelia Earhart, including one in which she explains her voyage with the help of a chalkboard.
Students will draw great inspiration from this biography of Greg Mortensen, who is known around the world for the promise he made to the people of a remote Pakistani village. That promise grew to become his life's mission: to build schools for children.
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