This day in history On October 25 1400 Author, Geoffrey Chaucer, died at the age of 57. He was the first poet to be buried in Westminster Abbey. 1881 The founder of Cubism, Pablo Picasso, was born in Malaga, Spain. 1920 King Alexander of Greece died from blood poisoning. He was poisoned after sustaining a bite from his pet monkey. 1955 The microwave oven was introduced by the The Tappan Company. 1962 U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council. The photos were of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. 1962 American author, John Steinbeck, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. 1983 U.S. troops invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenadas Communist (pro-Cuban) government. 1990 It was announced by U.S. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney that the Pentagon was planning to send 100,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia. 1994 Susan Smith of Union, SC, claimed that a black carjacker had driven off with her two sons. Smith was later convicted of drowning her children in a nearby lake. 2001 It was announced that scientists had unearthed the remains of an ancient crocodile which lived 110 million years ago. The animal, found in Gadoufaoua, Niger, grew as long as 40 feet and weighed as much as eight metric tons.
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