Science Fiction

The First science fiction novel was written

1818

Mary Shelly created the first story which would later be categorized as science fiction. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/frankenstein-published

Orson Welles scares half the nation with his War of the Worlds Broadcast

1938

Famed radio personality Orson Welles told the chilling tale of an alien invasion of the airwaves, and inadvertently frightened thousands, who thought that it was a news story, rather than fiction. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation