On this day in 1983, US invaded the tiny island country of Grenada to get rid of Cubans who helped established a Marxist government.

Today is United Nations Day

On this day in 1983, suicide bombers drove truckloads of high explosives into the barracks of U.S. Marines and French paratroopers in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French troops.

In 1964, "My Fair Lady" starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn premieres in New York City

After two years and seven months, General MacArthur returns to the Philippines on October 20, 1944

On 1802 today, US Military Academy was established in West Point

It took University of Oregon football coach using trickery play for NCAA to realized they screw up in their rulebook. They should pay him a fee for this

In 1947, American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier

On October 11, 1984, Kathryn Sullivan became the first female US astronaut to walk in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China