MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011

Today is Monday, October 10, the 283rd day of 2011. There are 82 days left in the year.

1846 ― Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell

1865 ― John Hyatts patents the billiard ball

1868 ― Cuba revolts for independence against Spain

1886 ― First dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, N.Y. (the tuxedo)

1911 ― Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day)

1933 ― First synthetic detergent for home use marketed

1935 ― George Gershwin's ``Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway

1963 ― Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., U.K., USSR

1964 ― 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo

1975 ― Liz Taylor's sixth marriage (remarries Richard Burton)