History for October 22 - On-This-Day.com
Christopher Lloyd 1938 - Actor ("Taxi," "Back to the Future" movies), Tony Roberts 1939 - Actor, Annette Funicello 1942
Catherine Deneuve 1943 - Actress, Bobby Fuller (Bobby Fuller Four) 1943, Jeff Goldblum 1952 - Actor
1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.
1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.
1907 - The Panic of 1907 began when depositors began withdrawing money from many New York banks.
1962 - U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
1968 - Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft had orbited the Earth 163 times.
1979 - The ousted Shah of Iran, Mohammad Riza Pahlavi was allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment.
1986 - U.S. President Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law.
1991 - The European Community and the European Free Trade Association agreed to create a free trade zone of 19 nations by the year 1993.
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