History for October 22

History for October 22 - On-This-Day.com
Curly Howard 1903, Timothy Leary 1920, Christopher Lloyd 1938 - Actor ("Taxi," "Back to the Future" movies)


Annette Funicello 1942, Catherine Deneuve 1943 - Actress, 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.


1844 - This day is recognized as "The Great Disappointment" among those who practiced Millerism. The world was expected to come to an end according to the followers of William Miller.


1939 - The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.


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.


1979 - The ousted Shah of Iran, Mohammad Riza Pahlavi was allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment.


1981 - The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.


1983 - At the Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia, an armed man crashed a truck through front gates and demanded to speak with U.S. President Ronald Reagan.