ON THIS DAY in 1983, the U.S. and its allies invaded the island of Grenada following a coup d’état there. In 1986, the Clint Eastwood film HEARTBREAK RIDGE depicted the invasion.
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ON THIS DAY in 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager, piloting the Glamorous Glennis X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, became the first person to break the sound barrier during level flight. This event was depicted in the 1983 film, THE RIGHT STUFF, with Sam Shepard as Yeagar, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, and Fred Ward.
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