October 22 - This 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. These missile sites-under construction but nearing completion-housed medium-range missiles capable of striking a number of major cities in the United States... 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

2012 : Cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cyclist-lance-armstrong-is-stripped-of-his-seven-tour-de-france-titles


Vietnam War
1957 : American forces suffer first casualties in Vietnam l
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