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October 22
1746 - Princeton University received its charter in New Jersey.
1797 - Frenchman Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute hump from a balloon, landing safely from a height of about 3,000 feet.
1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1934 - Bank robber Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was shot to death by federal agents at a farm in East Liverpool, Ohio.
1954 - West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
1962 - President John F. Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
1968 - Apollo 7, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard, safely returned to Earth.
1979 - Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, the deposed Shah of Iran, was allowed in the United States for medical treatment. This action led to the Iran hostage crisis.
1981 - The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.
1986 - President Ronald Reagan signed into law sweeping tax-overhaul legislation.
2001 - A second Washington, D.C., postal worker, Joseph P. Curseen, died of inhalation anthrax.
2002 - A bus driver was shot to death in Aspen Hill, Maryland, in the 13th and final attack by the Washington-area sniper.
2007 - China's Communist Party gave President Hu Jinato a second five-year term.
2010 - WikiLeaks released 391,831 purported Iraq war logs that suggested more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians had died in the conflict.
2015 - Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton battled Republican questions in a marathon hearing that revealed little new about the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
2015 - Acting on word of an “imminent mass execution” by Islamic State militants, dozens of U.S. special operations troops and Iraqi forces raided a northern Iraqi compound, freeing approximately 70 Iraqi prisoners but losing one American service member.
2015 - Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) formally declared his candidacy for Speaker of the House.
2019 - A top U.S. diplomat, William Taylor, told House investigators that President Donald Trump had held back military aid for Ukraine unless the country agreed to investigate Democrats and a company linked to Joe Biden’s family; the testimony provided lawmakers with a detailed new account of a quid-pro-quo central to the impeachment probe.
Birthdays
23 - Acacia Kersey (singer)
28 - Sofia Vassilieva (actress)
30 - Jonathan Lipnicki (actor)
32 - Corey Hawkins (actor)
32 - Manon Mathews (actress)
35 - Hadise (singer)
38 - Robinson Cano (baseball player)
39 - Michael Fishman (actor)
45 - Jesse Tyler Ferguson (actor)
47 - Ichiro Suzuki (baseball player)
47 - Carmen Ejogo (actress)
48 - Saffron Burrows (actress)
50 - Tracey Lee (rapper)
52 - Shaggy (rapper)
52 - Shelby Lynne (country singer)
53 - Carlos Mencia (comedian)
54 - Valeria Golino (actress)
57 - Brian Boitano (figure skater)
58 - Bob Odenkirk (actor/comedian)
64 - Luis Guzman (actor)
68 - Jeff Goldblum (actor)
77 - Catherine Deneuve (actress)
81 - Tony Roberts (actor)
82 - Derek Jacobi (actor)
82 - Christopher Lloyd (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 22
1939 - The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.
1950 - The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record defeated the Baltimore Colts 70-27, a record score for a regular season game.
1972 - The Oakland Athletics defeat the Cincinnati Reds in seven games to win their first World Series since 1930 (Philadelphia Athletics).
1975 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.
2000 - Corey Dillon of the Cincinnati Bengals rushed for 278 yards against the Denver Broncos.
2011 - Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals became the third player in major league history to hit three home runs in a World Series game.
1746 - Princeton University received its charter in New Jersey.
1797 - Frenchman Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute hump from a balloon, landing safely from a height of about 3,000 feet.
1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1934 - Bank robber Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was shot to death by federal agents at a farm in East Liverpool, Ohio.
1954 - West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
1962 - President John F. Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
1968 - Apollo 7, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard, safely returned to Earth.
1979 - Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, the deposed Shah of Iran, was allowed in the United States for medical treatment. This action led to the Iran hostage crisis.
1981 - The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.
1986 - President Ronald Reagan signed into law sweeping tax-overhaul legislation.
2001 - A second Washington, D.C., postal worker, Joseph P. Curseen, died of inhalation anthrax.
2002 - A bus driver was shot to death in Aspen Hill, Maryland, in the 13th and final attack by the Washington-area sniper.
2007 - China's Communist Party gave President Hu Jinato a second five-year term.
2010 - WikiLeaks released 391,831 purported Iraq war logs that suggested more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians had died in the conflict.
2015 - Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton battled Republican questions in a marathon hearing that revealed little new about the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
2015 - Acting on word of an “imminent mass execution” by Islamic State militants, dozens of U.S. special operations troops and Iraqi forces raided a northern Iraqi compound, freeing approximately 70 Iraqi prisoners but losing one American service member.
2015 - Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) formally declared his candidacy for Speaker of the House.
2019 - A top U.S. diplomat, William Taylor, told House investigators that President Donald Trump had held back military aid for Ukraine unless the country agreed to investigate Democrats and a company linked to Joe Biden’s family; the testimony provided lawmakers with a detailed new account of a quid-pro-quo central to the impeachment probe.
Birthdays
23 - Acacia Kersey (singer)
28 - Sofia Vassilieva (actress)
30 - Jonathan Lipnicki (actor)
32 - Corey Hawkins (actor)
32 - Manon Mathews (actress)
35 - Hadise (singer)
38 - Robinson Cano (baseball player)
39 - Michael Fishman (actor)
45 - Jesse Tyler Ferguson (actor)
47 - Ichiro Suzuki (baseball player)
47 - Carmen Ejogo (actress)
48 - Saffron Burrows (actress)
50 - Tracey Lee (rapper)
52 - Shaggy (rapper)
52 - Shelby Lynne (country singer)
53 - Carlos Mencia (comedian)
54 - Valeria Golino (actress)
57 - Brian Boitano (figure skater)
58 - Bob Odenkirk (actor/comedian)
64 - Luis Guzman (actor)
68 - Jeff Goldblum (actor)
77 - Catherine Deneuve (actress)
81 - Tony Roberts (actor)
82 - Derek Jacobi (actor)
82 - Christopher Lloyd (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 22
1939 - The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.
1950 - The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record defeated the Baltimore Colts 70-27, a record score for a regular season game.
1972 - The Oakland Athletics defeat the Cincinnati Reds in seven games to win their first World Series since 1930 (Philadelphia Athletics).
1975 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.
2000 - Corey Dillon of the Cincinnati Bengals rushed for 278 yards against the Denver Broncos.
2011 - Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals became the third player in major league history to hit three home runs in a World Series game.
