TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Oct. 22, 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

1906

French post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne died in Aix-en-Provence at age 67.

1926

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

1968

Apollo 7 returned safely from Earth orbit, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.