Pick an an amazing one or an awful one or any one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_30
1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)
"In the days after the adaptation, widespread outrage was expressed in the media. The program's news-bulletin format was described as deceptive by some newspapers and public figures, leading to an outcry against the perpetrators of the broadcast and calls for regulation by the Federal Communications Commission.[2] The episode secured Welles's fame as a dramatist."
1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
Dixie Walker, a fan favorite, asked to be traded, adding more pressure for Robinson.
1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.
In superb condition, Ali used his "rope-a-dope" skills to let Foreman punch himself out and Ali handed the Champion his first defeat.
We were regular listeners to the Mercury Theater, and couldn't understand what the War of the Worlds fuss was all about.
Carl,
I probably watched that fight more times than any other. Ali's incredible "rope a dope" strategy had to be the most brilliant in boxing history that allowed him to beat the much younger and more powerful opponent.
The crowd at that fight rooted loudly every time Ali threw a punch!
He was idolized around the world, more than any other person in sports history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope-a-dope
Norman Mailer described the advantage of Ali's rope-a-dope this way: "Standing on one's feet, it is painful to absorb a heavy body punch even when blocked with one's arm. The torso, the legs and the spine take the shock. Leaning on the ropes, however, Ali can pass it along; the rope will receive the strain."[3] Ali's preparation for the fight, which involved toughening himself up by allowing his sparring partners to pummel him, contributed to observers' sense that Ali was outmatched. But when Foreman became tired from the beating he was delivering, Ali took advantage and won the match.