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« on: October 22, 2009, 07:09:15 am »

Thursday, October 22nd
The 295th day of 2009.
There are 70 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History


   
   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. (Go to article.)

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. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On October 22, 1870, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Russia's attempt to remilitarize the Black Sea, and its consequent threat to Turkey. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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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.

1907    Baseball Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx was born in Sudlersville, Md.

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.

1962    President John F. Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.

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.

2004    In a wrenching videotaped statement, kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan begged Britain to help save her by withdrawing its troops from Iraq, saying these "might be my last hours." (Hassan was later killed by her captors.)

2007    China's Communist Party gave President Hu Jintao a second five-year term.

Current Birthdays

Ichiro Suzuki turns 36 years old today.

AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki turns 36 years old today.


92    Joan Fontaine
Actress

90    Doris Lessing
Nobel Prize-winning author

71    Derek Jacobi
Actor

71    Christopher Lloyd
Actor ("Taxi," "Back to the Future" movies)

70    Tony Roberts
Actor

67    Annette Funicello
Actress

66    Jan de Bont
Director

64    Leslie West
Rock musician (Mountain)

62    Haley Barbour
Governor of Mississippi

57    Jeff Goldblum
Actor

54    Bill Condon
Actor

52    Luis Guzman
Actor

50    Todd Graff
Actor

49    Cris Kirkwood
Rock musician

44    John Wesley Harding
Rock singer, musician

43    Valeria Golino
Actress

42    Carlos Mencia
Comedian

41    Shelby Lynne
Country singer

41    Shaggy
Reggae rapper

40    Spike Jonze
Director ("Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation")

39    Tracey Lee
Rapper

37    Saffron Burrows
Actress ("Boston Legal")

34    Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Actor

28    Michael Fishman
Actor ("Roseanne")

26    Rickard Goransson
Rock musician (Carolina Liar)

24    Zac Hanson
Rock musician (Hanson)

19    Jonathan Lipnicki
Actor

17    Sofia Vassilieva
Actress ("Medium")

Historic Birthdays

Dr. Timothy Francis Leary

10/22/1920 - 5/31/1996
American psychologist and advocate of psychedelic drugs
(Go to obit.)

74    Franz Liszt
10/22/1811 - 7/31/1886
Hungarian pianist and composer

78    Collis Porter Huntington
10/22/1821 - 8/13/1900
American railroad magnate

32    John Reed
10/22/1887 - 10/19/1920
American radical journalist

85    George Wells Beadle
10/22/1903 - 6/9/1989
American geneticist

60    Constance Bennett.
10/22/1904 - 7/24/1965
American actress

44    Karl (Guthe) Jansky
10/22/1905 - 2/14/1950
American engineer

59    Jimmie Foxx
10/22/1907 - 7/21/1967
American professional baseball player


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