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John Glenn has always been known as the first American to orbit Earth, but on this day, he became the oldest man to fly in space. Glenn served as the payload specialist on STS - 95 on the space shuttle "Discovery."

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Mayor George McClellan took the controls on New York City's subway inaugural run. The New York City subway became the largest American transportation system. The subway opened at 7 pm that night, and more than 100,000 people paid a nickel to take their first ride under Manhattan.

After silver was found near Tombstone, Arizona, the Earp brothers faced off with the Clanton-McLaury gang. When the legendary shootout was over, the Earps were charged with murder. One month after being convicted, a judge found the Earp brother not guilty, ruling they were "fully justified committing these homicides."

The Thirty Year War was a series of wars fought by European nations. It started in 1618 when the King of Bohemia attempted to impose Catholicism throughout his domains. In 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, ending the war. When this took place, there was a radical shift in power for Europe.

A suicide bomber in Beirut, left 241 U.S. military personnel, when a truck packed with explosives drove into the U.S. Marine barracks. The same morning, 58 French soldiers were killed in their barracks in a separate terrorist attack. President Reagan let the Marines in Lebanon, but four months later, he announced the end of America's role in peacekeeping.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 15th when intelligence personnel discovered that the Soviets were building medium-range missile sites in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy announced in a televised speech that he was ordering a naval "quarantine" for Cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing any more weapons to the island.

On this day in 1967, in Washington, DC, nearly 100,000 people gathered to protest the efforts of the Vietnam War. More than 50,000 of those protestors marched to the Pentagon to ask for the war to come to an end. This was the first time that American support for the Vietnam War fell below 50%.

Douglas MacArthur, the son of an American Civil War hero, served as chief U.S. military adviser to the Philippines before World War II. After going island to island across the Pacific, MacArthur waded ashore on the Philippine island Leyte. On this day, MacArthur was able to fulfill his promise to return to the area he was forced to leave in 1942.

British General Lord Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown, Virginia, by the Americans. Hopelessly, Cornwallis surrendered 8,000 soldiers and seamen, bringing the end to the American Revolution.

William Henry Seward, the expansionist secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson, formally purchased Alaska. The land was purchased from Russia for $7.2 million or what came out to be less than two cents per acre. Alaska, being almost as large as Texas times two, was 586,412 square miles.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced a decision to cut oil exports to the United States. According to OPEC, exports were to be reduced by 5% until Israel evacuated. In December, a full embargo was imposed against the U.S., causing a major energy crisis in the United States.