October anniversaries seem to loom especially large in Central Florida’s past. Walt Disney World opened in October 1971, about nine years after one of the Cold War’s hottest events — the Cuban Missile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1962, The Beatles released their first single, "Love Me Do" (Oct. 5) Justin Boone's 2026 running back dynasty rankings and ...

COMMENTARY: Sixty years ago, it took the skill and resolve of key statesmen and religious leaders — in Washington, in Moscow, at the Vatican — to pull the world back from the precipice. President John ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link On October 14, 1962, one of the US Air Force's vaunted U-2 spy planes soared over Cuba. The photos it took during that high-altitude pass revealed ...

For nearly two weeks in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear annihilation. American medium-range nuclear missile deployments in Turkey prompted the Soviet Union to place medium-range ...

The San Diego Union-Tribune will mark its 150th anniversary in 2018 by presenting a significant front page from the archives each day throughout the year. In October 1962, more than 10,000 ...

Within a period of less than a year, two identical airliners took off from McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma – now JBLM – headed for Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. Both were military charters ...

Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council on Oct. 11, 1962. Three years of preparatory work had set the stage for an extraordinary five-hour pageant, as 2,500 Catholic bishops, each vested in ...