The first Trial of Saddam Hussein began on October 19, 2005. He was sentenced to death November 5, 2006 and was executed (below) the following month on December 30.
Richard “Dick” Wayne Van Dyke 93 years old today.
Dick Van Dyke is the Star of The Dick Van Dyke Show on CBS (1961 – 1966) and Diagnosis: Murder on CBS (1993 – 2001).He won a SAG Life Achievement award in 2012 and a Disney Legend Award in 1998. He also starred in the 1964 classic Mary Poppins and was cast in the film’s sequel, Mary Poppins Returns.
During World War II on this day in 1942, naval battle of Guadalcanal began between Japanese and American forces. The battle ended on February 9, 1943 with the U.S. winning a major victory.
U.S. Marines, with full battle gear, charge ashore on Guadalcanal Island.
The Washington opens fire on the Kirishima, November 15, 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal: painting by Lt. Dwight Shepler, USNR.
Neil Percival Young is 73 years old today.
Young a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. After embarking on a music career in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he formed Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others.
Actress Daryl Hannah and Neil Young were married in August in a top-secret ceremony near San Luis Obispo, California. They had been dating since 2014.
On this day in 1962, U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council. The photos were of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
Soviet Ambassador Zorin.
A Kennedy administration official (upper left) shows aerial views of one of the Cuban medium-range missile bases, taken in October 1962.
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 and took his troops into a valley where they suffered 40 percent casualties. It was later revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was not given intentionally.
Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. The view is from the Fedokine hills across the Causeway toward Balaklava harbor in this painting by William Simpson.
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.
U.S Special Operations Forces in Grenada.
William Payne Stewart(January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999)
It was on this day in 1999.
Stewart, 42, was one of the world’s most recognizable golfers because of his trademark knickerbockers. The plane carrying Stewart and five others crashed near Aberdeen, South Dakota, after traveling 1,500 miles, most of it while the pilot, co-pilot and passengers were apparently unconscious or dead when the plane lost cabin pressure during its flight and ran out of fuel and crashed. The sounds of a low-pressure alarm could be heard on the recovered cockpit voice recorder.
The Learjet 35, N47BA, before its final flight on October 25, 1999.
On this day in 1973, OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries began an oil-embargoagainst several countries including the U.S. and Great Britain. The incident stemmed from Western support of Israel whenEgypt and Syria attacked the nation on October 6, 1973. The embargo lasted until March of 1974.
An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale hit the San Francisco Bay area in California. The quake caused about 67 deaths, 3,000 injuries, and damages up to $7 billion.
Photo of woman with seismograph drums showing the earthquake.
Loma Prieta Earthquake, Game 3, 1989 World Series.
On this day in 1777, American troops defeated British forces in Saratoga, NewYork. It was the turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
Surrender of General Burgoyne and the British Army to General Gates at the Battle of Saratoga.
On this day in 1947, over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California, 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 95 in February.
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.
Battle Abbey is a partially ruined Benedictine abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St Martin of Tours.
On this day in 1977, singer Bing Crosby died of a heart attack.
singer and actor Bing Crosby was the first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. Crosby won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O’Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of St. Mary’s opposite Ingrid Bergman the following year.
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Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr.(May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)
