On This Day for October 22 - Cuban missile crisis, Franz Liszt is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. October 22 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Franz Liszt READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1962 Cuban missile crisis READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2010: WikiLeaks , a Web site founded by Julian Assange that functioned as a clearinghouse for classified or otherwise privileged information, released thousands of U.S. documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2008: Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar space probe, was launched, and it later found water in the Moon's atmosphere. [Take our quiz about space exploration.] 1964: French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre was announced the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature; however, he became the first person to decline the award. [Test your knowledge of Nobel laureates in literature.] 1943: French actress Catherine Deneuve, who was noted for her archetypal Gallic beauty as well as for her roles in films by some of the world's greatest directors, was born. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about A-list actors.] 1910: In one of the most notorious criminal cases of the 20th century, American physician Hawley Harvey Crippen (widely known as Dr. Crippen) was found guilty of murdering his wife; he was executed in a British prison the following month. [Read about 10 "trials of the century."] 1906: French artist Paul Cézanne, considered one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists, died at the age of 67. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about artists and painters.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1969 Spike Jonze American director and producer 1811 Franz Liszt Hungarian composer 1920 Timothy Leary American psychologist 1917 Joan Fontaine American actress 1943 Catherine Deneuve French actress 1938 Derek Jacobi British actor SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help