October 25 in History
Two US soldiers hold three suspected members of the People's Revolutionary Army at gunpoint in St. George's, Grenada during the Grenada Invasion - Bettmann Archive / Getty Images
1983 – US troops invade Grenada
United States marines and army rangers invaded the Caribbean island of Grenada, seized the country’s two airports and took Cuban and Soviet prisoners. The action, which shocked the world, was ordered by President Ronald Reagan following a bloody coup by Cuban-trained military who executed Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, and at least 13 of his associates.