On this day in 1517, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church. The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
Martin Luther statue in Wittenberg, Germany.
President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam on this day in 1968. He also announced his intention not to run for re-election.
Above — a B-52 bomber drops a load of conventional bombs on North Vietnam.
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.
President Ronald Reagan, first lady Nancy Reagan and Marine Commandant P.X. Kelley honor those killed in Beirut during a Nov. 5, 1983, memorial service.
Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light bulb on this day in 1877. It would last 13 1/2 hours before it burned out.
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)
On this day in 1805, The Battle of Trafalgar occurred off the coast of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. The British defeated the French and Spanish fleet. It was the greatest battle in British naval history.
British Admiral Horatio Nelsonwas shot and killed during battle.
Admiral Horatio Nelson was one of Great Britain’s greatest war heroes.
General Douglas MacArthur (center) fulfilled his promise to return to the Philippines on this day in 1944 when an amphibious retaking of the islands by allied forces took place.
It was on this day in 1977.
The Convair aircraft before the crash.
On this day in 1947, Hollywood came under scrutiny as the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence within the motion picture industry.
Hollywood stars (Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in the lead) descend on the Capitol to lodge their note of protest against the HUAC’s proceedings.
Photograph of HUAC hearing with actor Gary Cooper (far left).
President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of 
