This Day in History

This day in history: October 22

October 22, 2014

1797-Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a balloon. As the official aeronaut of France, Garnerin invented and successfully tested the first frameless parachute

1962-President Kennedy announced the discovery off missile sites located on the cuban mainland. This escalated tensions with the Soviet Union and resulted in the Cuban Missile Crisis

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