#OTD in 1990, "The Hunt for Red October" premiered starring Alec Baldwin, former Royal Navy sailor Sean Connery, and U.S. Marine Scott Glenn. The film was based on the novel by Tom Clancy published by the Naval Institute Press. The Naval Institute had never published original fiction but decided to take a chance on the unknown Clancy who was working as an insurance agent at the time. The novel became a national bestseller and the film earned a worldwide gross of over $200 million. | U.S. Naval I