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Syrian security forces foiled an attempted terrorist attack on the US Embassy in Damascus, killing four gunmen who tried to storm the fortified building. Syrian sources said the gunmen apparently blew up a vehicle before launching their assault. No Americans were wounded in the attack, though a diplomat at the nearby Chinese Embassy was said to have been injured.

DEFINITION: (noun) A mustache, especially a luxuriant one. SYNONYMS: handle-bars, moustachio. USAGE: His face, greatly sunburnt, was more than half hidden by whisker and mustachio.

Owens was an African American track-and-field star famous for his performance at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Before the eyes of the Nazi leadership, who had hoped to use the games as a source of propaganda for Aryan nationalism, Owens claimed 4 gold medals and set records that lasted for more than 20 years. He later recounted, "When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus." How did Owens make a living after the Olympics?

The Two Plus Four Agreement, also known as the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany, was the final peace treaty negotiated between the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, and the Four Powers that occupied Germany at the end of WWII: France, the UK, the US, and the Soviet Union. The treaty paved the way for the German re-unification, which took place on October 3. What were the treaty's terms?

Sholom Aleichem is best known for his humorous tales of life among the poverty-ridden and oppressed Russian Jews of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An impassioned advocate of the Yiddish language, he did much to promote Yiddish writers and was the first to write children's literature in Yiddish. He wrote, "Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor." His stories about Tevye the Milkman served as the basis for what famous musical?