Today in History: October 5

Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 5, the 279th day of 2016. There are 87 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 5, 1986, in an incident that helped expose the Iran-Contra affair, a plane secretly ferrying supplies to Nicaraguan Contra rebels was shot down over southern Nicaragua by Sandinista forces. One of the plane’s occupants, Eugene Hasenfus, parachuted to safety while three other men were killed. Hasenfus was captured, tried and convicted in Nicarag