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On this day in 1962,  U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson (below) presented
photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council. The photos 
were of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II 
(February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965)

The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and admit mainland China
on this day in 1971.

On this day in 1983, U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations
invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens
after a recent coup within Grenada’s Communist (pro-Cuban) government.

The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War on this
day in 1854. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord
James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians. He took his troops
into a valley and suffered 40 percent caualties. Later it was revealed that the
order was the result of confusion and was not given intentionally.

Professional Golfer Payne Stewart was the U.S.Open champion in
1991 and 1999. His chartered jet lost pressurization shortly after
takeoff, then crashed several hours later. He was 42.

Learjet 35 N47BA Prior to the crash in a field near Aberdeen, South
Dakota.

Poet and author Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – October 25, 1400) 

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The United Nations (UN) was formally established on this day in 1945. less
than a month after the end of World War II. The Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a
majority of other signatories.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) vowed to end the Korean War
on this day in 1952.

    
       D .C . Sniper Suspects Arrested on this day in 2002.

    
    
   

In London on this day in 2003,  the last commercial supersonic
Concorde flight landed.

The Crew marks Concorde’s final supersonic trip.

On this day in 2005.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
(February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005)

Rosa Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement,
whom the United States Congress called "the first lady
of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991)

NANCY LYONS

Depiction of the surrender of the British army of Cornwallis at
Yorktown to General Washington on this day in 1781.

On this day in 1987.

On this day in 1812, Napoleon’s forces began retreat from Moscow.

Concorde makes first landing at JFK Airport in New York on this
day in 1977.

The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 14, 1962, bringing the United
States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear conflict. Photographs
taken by a high-altitude U-2 spy plane (above) offered incontrovertible
evidence that Soviet-made medium-range missiles in Cuba—capable of
carrying nuclear warheads—were now stationed 90 miles off the
American coastline.

U-2 Spy Plane

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Over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California on this day in 1947, pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first person to break
the sound barrier.

Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager turned 94 on February 13.

The Battle of Hastings occurred in England on this day in 1066. The Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II of England.

On this day in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice
in America. He was the youngest person to receive the award.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning
in Milwaukee, WI. on this day in 1912. His wound in the chest was
not serious and he continued with his planned speech. William
Schrenk was captured at the scene of the shooting.

Bloodstained shirt worn by Roosevelt, photographed following the
assassination attempt.  

William Schrenk

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)