Hankering For History: Events that happened today in history, October 22nd!

Here are some of the great historical events that happened today, October 22nd, in history!

741	Charles Martel of Gaul dies at Quiezy. His mayoral power is divided between his two sons, Pepin III and Carloman.
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.
1824	The Tennessee Legislature adjourns ending Davy Crockett’s state political career.
1836	Sam Houston sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1844	Actress Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris.
1859	Spain declares war on the Moors in Morocco.
1862	Union troops push 5,000 confederates out of Maysbille, Ark., at the Second Battle of Pea Ridge.
1907	Ringling Brothers buys Barnum & Bailey.
1914	U.S. places economic support behind Allies.
1918	The cities of Baltimore and Washington run out of coffins during the “Spanish Inflenza” epidemic.
1934	Bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was shot to death by federal agents at a farm in East Liverpool, Ohio.
1938	Chester Carlson invents the photocopier. He tries to sell the machine to IBM, RCA, Kodak and others, but they see no use for a gadget that makes nothing but copies.
1954	West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1954	As a result of the Geneva accords granting Communist control over North Vietnam, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes a crash program to train the South Vietnamese Army.
1955	The prototype of the F-105 Thunder Chief makes its maiden flight.
1962	U.S. reveals Soviet missile sites in Cuba. President Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade on further shipment of military equipment to Cuba. Following a confrontation that threatens nuclear war, Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on October 28 on a formula to end the crisis. On November 2 Kennedy reports that Soviet missile bases in Cuba are being dismantled.
1964	Jean Paul Satre declines the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1966	The Soviet Union launches Luna 12 for orbit around the moon.
1968	Apollo 7, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard, returned to Earth.
1972	Operation Linebacker I, the bombing of North Vietnam with B-52 bombers, ends.
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.
2007	China’s Communist Party gave President Hu Jintao a second five-year term.

Today’s historical facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, HistoryOrb.com, and On This Day blogs from my blogroll.