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)