October 14th, 2008

Today in History

1968:
Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours.

1967:
Vietnam War: Folk singer Joan Baez is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in Oakland, California.

1953:
The Qibya massacre was carried out by Israeli troops in a West Bank village.

1947:
Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.

1863:
Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia.