Today is Wednesday, October 22, day 295 of 2025. There are 70 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On October 22, 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong was officially stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and given a lifetime ban from Olympic sports after the International Cycling Union decided not to appeal doping charges against Armstrong by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
Also on this day:
In 1836, Sam Houston took office as the first elected president of the Republic of Texas, which gained independence from the United States. Mexico in the same year during a military uprising.
In 1934, bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was shot and killed by federal agents and local police on a farm near East Liverpool, Ohio.
In 1962, in a nationally televised address, President John F. Kennedy announced the presence of Soviet missile bases being built in Cuba and announced a naval blockade of all offensive military equipment shipped to Cuba.
In 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo space program, returned safely from Earth orbit and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.
In 2014, a gunman shot and killed a soldier standing guard at a war memorial in Ottawa, then stormed the Canadian Parliament building before being shot and killed himself.
In 2016, the Chicago Cubs won their first pennant since 1945 by defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series. (The Cubs beat Cleveland in the World Series in seven games, their first series championship since 1908.)
Today's birthday people:
- Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale is 89 years old.
- Actor Christopher Lloyd is 87 years old.
- Actor Derek Jacobi is 87 years old.
- Actress Catherine Deneuve is 82 years old.
- Doctor and writer Deepak Chopra is 79 years old.
- Actor Jeff Goldblum is 73 years old.
- Actor-comedian Bob Odenkirk is 63 years old.
- Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater Brian Boitano is 62 years old.
- Country singer Shelby Lynn is 57 years old.
- Reggae DJ and singer Shaggy is 57 years old.
- Director Spike Jonze is 56 years old.
- Argentine President Javier Miley is 55 years old.
- Former MLB All-Star Ichiro Suzuki is 52 years old.
- Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson is 50 years old.
- Actor Corey Hawkins is 37 years old.
- Actor Jonathan Lipnicki is 35 years old.
- Rapper 21 Savage is 33 years old.
- Rapper Roddy Ricch is 27 years old.