SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016
Today is Saturday, October 22, the 296th day of 2016. There are 70days left in the year.
1836 ― Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected pres of Republic of Texas
1875 ― Sons of the American Revolution organized
1883 ― 1st NY Horse Show held (Madison Sq Garden)
1883 ― Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust)
1906 ― 3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Phila
1922 ― Lucerne Street in the Bronx named
1922 ― Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera
1928 ― Pres Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism"
1936 ― 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
1938 ― 1st Xerox copy made
1939 ― 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers
1949 ― 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland
1950 ― LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
1953 ― Laos gains full independence from France
1954 ― West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1962 ― JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis
1962 ― Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center
1963 ― 225,000 students boycott Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest
1966 ― USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
1968 ― Apollo 7 returns to Earth
1969 ― KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM
1972 ― Oakland A's 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in 69th World Series
1973 ― Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to the Yom Kippur War
1974 ― Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
1975 ― Cin Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series
1975 ― Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus
1975 ― World Football League disbands
1976 ― Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1977 ― International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 & 2 launched into Earth orbit
1978 ― Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession
1979 ― Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment
1979 ― Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest
1980 ― New South Korean constitution comes into effect
1981 ― Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
1981 ― US national debt tops $1 trillion
1984 ― NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
1984 ― Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
1988 ― Elton John sells out MSG for a record 26th time
1988 ― Supreme Ct Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery
1989 ― Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open
1991 ― General Motors announces 9 month loss of $2.2 billion
2136 BC ― Chinese make 1st record of a solar eclipse
4004 BC ― Universe created at 8:00 PM, according to the 1650
4004 BC ― pronouncement of Anglican archbishop James Ussher