October 22 - The Day in History

October 22 : General Interest 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba... read more American Revolution 1775 : Peyton Randolph dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peyton-randolph-dies Automotive 1965 : President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-lyndon-johnson-signs-the-highway-beautification-act Civil War 1864 : Confederates arrive at Guntersville, Alabama http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hood-at-guntersville-alabama Cold War 1962 : Kennedy announces blockade of Cuba during the Missile Crisis http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-announces-blockade-of-cuba-during-the-missile-crisis Crime 1934 : Pretty Boy Floyd is killed by the FBI http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pretty-boy-floyd-is-killed-by-the-fbi Disaster 1913 : Coal mine explodes in New Mexico http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coal-mine-explodes-in-new-mexico General Interest 1797 : The first parachutist http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-parachutist 1975 : Gay sergeant challenges the Air Force http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gay-sergeant-challenges-the-air-force Hollywood 1952 : Jeff Goldblum born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeff-goldblum-born Literary 1964 : Sartre wins and declines Nobel Prize http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sartre-wins-and-declines-nobel-prize Music 1811 : Pianist and composer Franz Liszt is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pianist-and-composer-franz-liszt-is-born Old West 1903 : Tom Horn is hanged in Wyoming for the murder of Willie Nickell http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tom-horn-is-hanged-in-wyoming-for-the-murder-of-willie-nickell Presidential 1962 : JFK announces a blockade of Cuba http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfk-announces-a-blockade-of-cuba Sports 1992 : Baseball Hall of Fame announcer Red Barber dies at 84 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baseball-hall-of-fame-announcer-red-barber-dies-at-84 Vietnam War 1957 : American forces suffer first casualties in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-forces-suffer-first-casualties-in-vietnam 1965 : 173rd Airborne trooper saves comrades http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/173rd-airborne-trooper-saves-comrades 1972 : President Thieu turns down peace proposal http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-thieu-turns-down-peace-proposal World War I 1914 : Germans capture Langemarck during First Battle of Ypres http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-capture-langemarck-during-first-battle-of-ypres World War II 1942 : Allies confer secretly about Operation Torch http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-confer-secretly-about-operation-torch

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