Today In History

Today is Friday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2021. There are 70 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 2014: A gunman shot and killed a soldier standing guard at a war memorial in Ottawa, then stormed the Canadian Parliament before he was shot and killed by the usually ceremonial sergeant-at-arms.

ON THIS DATE

› 1811: Composer and piano virtuoso Franz Liszt was born in the Hungarian town of Raiding in present-day Austria.

› 1836: Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.

› 1926: Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” was published by Scribner’s of New York.

› 1962: In a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the presence of Soviet-built missile bases under construction in Cuba and announced a quarantine of all offensive military equipment being shipped to the Communist island nation.

› 1995: The largest gathering of world leaders in history marked the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Black Panthers co-founder Bobby Seale is 85. Actor Christopher Lloyd is 83. Actor Derek Jacobi is 83. Movie director Jan de Bont is 78. Actor Catherine Deneuve is 78. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 69. Rock musician Greg Hawkes is 69. Movie director Bill Condon is

66. Actor Luis Guzman is

65. Actor-writer-producer Todd Graff is 62. Rock musician Cris Kirkwood is 61. Actor-comedian Bob Odenkirk is 59. Olympic gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano is 58. Christian singer TobyMac is 57. Singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding (Wesley Stace) is 56. Actor Valeria Golino is 55. Country singer Shelby Lynne is 53. Reggae rapper Shaggy is

53. Movie director Spike Jonze is 52. Rapper Tracey Lee is 51. Actor Saffron Burrows is 49. Actor Carmen Ejogo is 48. Former MLB player Ichiro Suzuki is 48. Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson is 46. Christian rock singer-musician Jon Foreman (Switchfoot) is

45. Actor Michael Fishman is 40. Talk show host Michael Essany is

39. Rock musician Rickard Goransson (Carolina Liar) is 38. Rock musician Zac Hanson (Hanson) is

36. Actor Corey Hawkins is 33. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki is 31. Actor Sofia Vassilieva is 29. Actor Elias Harger is 14.