TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Oct. 22, 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. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1928

Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover spoke of the “American system of rugged individualism” in a speech at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

1934

Bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was shot to death by federal agents and local police at a farm near East Liverpool, Ohio.

1979

The U.S. government allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to travel to New York for medical treatment _ a decision that precipitated the Iran hostage crisis. French conductor and music teacher Nadia Boulanger died in Paris.

1981

The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.

1991

The European Community and the European Free Trade Association concluded a landmark accord to create a free trade zone of 19 nations by 1993.

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.