Daily Almanac: Oct. 22, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 8:02 a.m.
SET: 6:54 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 76 °F
LOW: 50 °F

Today is…

• ‘Clean up the Earth’ Day
• National Nut Day
• Smart is Cool Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1797 André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 3,300 ft. above Paris
• 1947 The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins
• 1962 President Kennedy announces that spy planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba and orders a naval quarantine of the island

Births On This Day:

• 1949 Arsène Wenger
French footballer and manager
• 1973 Ichiro Suzuki
Japanese baseball player

Deaths On This Day:

• 1906 Paul Cézanne
French painter
• 2002 Richard Helms
American diplomat and 8th Director of Central Intelligence