This Day in History: 1915-05-06

Orson Welles, theater, radio and director and producer, most famous for  the 1941 movie Citizen Kane, is born on this day in 1915. Welles was the enfant terrible of American media in the mid-20th century. His Mercury Theater on CBS was responsible for the “War of the Worlds” broadcast that panicked millions of people Oct. 31, 1938.  In 2002, Welles was voted the greatest film director of all time in two British Film Institute polls, and Citizen Kane is often considered the best film, for example, ranking #1 by the American Film Institute.