Saturday quick hits

Let Them Eat Cake: On this day in 1793, Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.

Thought I saw a Bunny Wabbit!: On this day in 1923, The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.

A Long Time Coming: On this day in 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.

Eyeball To Eyeball: On this day in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis between the United States and Cuba began. Armageddon was averted when the Russians finally "blinked" 13 days later.