On this day, Oct. 22
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.
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.
1962 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.
1968 Apollo 7 returned safely from Earth orbit, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. 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.
1981 The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.
1995 The largest gathering of world leaders in history marked the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.
2001 A second Washington, D.C., postal worker, Joseph P. Curseen, died of inhalation anthrax.
2014 A gunman killed a soldier standing guard at a war memorial in Ottawa, then stormed the Canadian Parliament before he was shot and killed. 2016 The Chicago Cubs won their first pennant since 1945, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
2018 President Donald Trump declared that the U.S. would start cutting aid to three Central
American countries he accused of failing to stop migrants heading for the U.S. border.
2020 In the closing debate of the presidential campaign, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden clashed over how to tame the raging coronavirus; Trump declared that the virus would “go away,” while Biden countered that the nation was heading toward a “dark winter.”
2022 It was revealed that the two musical sisters of pop star Carly Simon – singer Joanna and composer Lucy – had died of cancer within a day of each other.
Today’s birthdays: Black Panthers co-founder Bobby Seale, 87. Actor Christopher Lloyd, 85. Actor Derek Jacobi, 85. Actor Tony Roberts, 84. Movie director Jan (yahn) de Bont, 80. Actor Catherine Deneuve, 80. Rock musician Eddie Brigati, 78. Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, 76. Actor Jeff Goldblum,
a West Homestead native, 71. Rock musician Greg Hawkes, 71. Movie director Bill Condon, 68. Actor Luis Guzman, 67. Actor-writer-producer Todd Graff, 64. Rock musician Cris Kirkwood, 63. Actor-comedian Bob Odenkirk, 61. Olympic gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano, 60. Christian singer TobyMac, 59. Singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding (Wesley Stace), 58. Comedian Carlos Mencia, 56. Country singer Shelby Lynne, 55. Reggae rapper Shaggy, 55. Movie director Spike Jonze, 54. Rapper Tracey Lee, 53. Actor Saffron Burrows, 51. Actor Carmen Ejogo, 50. Former MLB player Ichiro Suzuki, 50. Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, 48. Actor Michael Fishman, 42. Talk show host Michael Essany, 41. MLB infielder Robinson Canó, 41. Rock musician Rickard Goransson (Carolina Liar), 40. Rock musician Zac Hanson, 38. Actor Corey Hawkins, 35. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki, 33. Actor Sofia Vassilieva, 31.