Orson Welles broadcasts "The War of the Worlds," buffalo wings are born, Ali and Foreman square off in the "Rumble in the Jungle," and Michael Jordan returns to the NBA, all on this day.
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1973: Tom Seaver of the New York Mets becomes the first non-20-game-winner to win a Cy Young Award, going 19-10 and leading the National League in ERA (2.08), complete games (18) and strikeouts (251). It was the second of three Cy Young Awards he would win during his Hall of Fame career.