Today in History

1866 - John and Simeon Reno stage the first train robbery in US history.

1918 - French occupy Beirut in the Ottoman Empire.

1951 - W.K. Kellogg, American breakfast cereal manufacturer, dies.

1973 - Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel as it observes Yom Kippur.

1976 - Cubana de Aviación Flight crashes in Bridgetown, all 78 people on board are killed. 1986 - Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-219 sinks in Atlantic Ocean following an explosion.

1996 - Yao Wenyaun, the last surviving member of China’s Gang of Four, freed from prison.

2001 - Baltimore Orioles ironman Cal Ripken, Jr., retires.

2012 - Algeria’s former president Chadli Bendjedid dies of cancer, aged 83.

2016 - Hurricane Matthew kills 140 people in Haiti.