The first successful kidney transplant is performed.

“The Rumble in the Jungle” between boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire.

Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire.

H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds is broadcast by Orson Welles, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.