October 22
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[edit] Events
- 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus in the Battle of Zama.
- 362 - The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire.
- 1784 - Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
- 1836 - Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
- 1944 - World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
- 1953 - Laos gains independence from France.
- 1957 - Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
- 1960 - Independence of Mali from France.
- 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American spy planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation.
[edit] Births
- 1734 - Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
- 1811 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
- 1887 - John Reed, American journalist and Communist activist(d. 1920)
- 1920 - Timothy Leary, LSD advocate and counterculture guru (d. 1996)
- 1936 - Bobby Seale, Black Panther
- 1948 - Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford
[edit] Deaths
- 741 - Charles Martel, leader of the Franks (b. 686)
- 1934 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
- 1982 - Savitri Devi, National Socialist mystic (b. 1905)
