TODAY IN HISTORY

Saturday, October  22, 2011 AP Highlight 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. President John F. Kennedy   AP Photo
On this date in: 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. AP Photo 1934 Bank robber Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was shot to death by federal agents at a farm in East Liverpool, Ohio. AP Photo 1954 West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 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. 2007 China's Communist Party gave President Hu Jintao a second five-year term. 2009 Microsoft released its Windows 7 operating system for the PC. 2010 WikiLeaks released 391,831 purported Iraq war logs that suggested more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians had died in the conflict.		Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki turns 38 years old today. AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams Name Profession Age Joan Fontaine Actress 94 Doris Lessing Nobel Prize-winning author 92 Derek Jacobi Actor 73 Christopher Lloyd Actor ("Taxi," "Back to the Future" movies) 73 Tony Roberts Actor 72 Annette Funicello Actress 69 Catherine Deneuve Actress 68 Haley Barbour Governor of Mississippi 64 Carlos Mencia Comedian 44 Shelby Lynne Country singer 43 Shaggy Reggae rapper 43 Spike Jonze Director 42 Saffron Burrows Actress ("Boston Legal") 39 Jesse Tyler Ferguson Actor ("Modern Family") 36 Zac Hanson Rock musician (Hanson) 26 Actor Jeff Goldblum turns 59 years old today. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello