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| October 22nd |
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| About October 22nd is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1907 - Jimmie Foxx, Hall of Fame baseball player 1923 - Pete Pihos, Hall of Fame receiver 1981 - Michael Fishman, actor (Roseanne) Deaths 1969 - Tommy Edwards, singer ("It's All in the Game") Events 1836 - Sam Houston becomes the first President of the Republic of Texas. 1957 - American forces suffer their first causalities in Vietnam. 1962 - President John F. Kennedy delivers a televised speech announcing that the U.S. has discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. 1966 - The Supremes become the first all-female music group to have an album top the charts. 1968 - After 163 orbits of Earth, the Apollo 7 splashes safely down in the Atlantic Ocean. |
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