On This Day in History October 22, 2019

Historical Events 1633  Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea 1721  Tsar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator" 1879  Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb 1884  International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian 1907  Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock leads to US wide run on banks 1962  Cuban missile crisis: US President John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba and imposes a naval blockade on Cuba, beginning the missile crisis More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Louis Riel (1844 - 1885) Robert Capa (1913 - 1954) Shaggy 50th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906) Pretty Boy Floyd (1904 - 1934) More Famous Deaths