Updated October 21, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
On Oct. 22, 1920, Dr. Timothy Francis Leary, the American psychologist and writer who advocated the use psychedelic drugs, was born. Following his death on May 31, 1996, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1746 Princeton University received its charter. 1797 French balloonist Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent, landing safely from a height of about 3,000 feet. 1844 Actress Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris. 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. 1968 Apollo 7, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard, returned to Earth. 1979 The U.S. government allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to travel to New York for medical treatment. 1981 The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August. 2002 A bus driver was shot to death in Aspen Hill, Md., in the 13th and final attack by the Washington-area sniper. 2007 China’s Communist Party gave President Hu Jintao a second five-year term. Current Birthdays
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New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki turns 39 years old today.
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Actor Jeff Goldblum turns 60 years old today.
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1917 Joan Fontaine, Actress, turns 95 1919 Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning author, turns 93 1938 Derek Jacobi, Actor, turns 74 1938 Christopher Lloyd, Actor (“Taxi,” “Back to the Future” movies), turns 74 1939 Tony Roberts, Actor, turns 73 1942 Annette Funicello, Actress, turns 70 1943 Catherine Deneuve, Actress, turns 69 1947 Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, turns 65 1967 Carlos Mencia, Comedian, turns 45 1968 Shelby Lynne, Country singer, turns 44 1968 Shaggy, Reggae rapper, turns 44 1969 Spike Jonze, Director, turns 43 1972 Saffron Burrows, Actress (“Boston Legal”), turns 40 1975 Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Actor (“Modern Family”), turns 37 1985 Zac Hanson, Rock musician (Hanson), turns 27 Historic Birthdays
Dr. Timothy Francis Leary 10/22/1920 – 5/31/1996 American psychologist and advocate of psychedelic drugs.Go to obituary »
74 Franz Liszt 10/22/1811 – 7/31/1886
Hungarian pianist and composer78 Collis Porter Huntington 10/22/1821 – 8/13/1900
American railroad magnate32 John Reed 10/22/1887 – 10/19/1920
American radical journalist85 George Wells Beadle 10/22/1903 – 6/9/1989
American geneticist60 Constance Bennett. 10/22/1904 – 7/24/1965
American actress44 Karl (Guthe) Jansky 10/22/1905 – 2/14/1950
American engineer59 Jimmie Foxx 10/22/1907 – 7/21/1967
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