On October 22, 1962, President John Kennedy
announced a naval blockade of Cuba. After six days of negotiations,
the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba, ending the
Cuban Missile Crisis.
Learn
more about the Cuban Missile Crisis from the George
Washington University.
This Day @ Law
President Kennedy announces blockade of Cuba
French king revoked Edict of Nantes on religious
freedom
On October 22, 1685, the Edict
of Nantes, which permitted religious freedom in France,
was revoked by King Louis XIV, prompting thousands of French
Protestants - Huguenots - to flee the country.
Read the instrument
of revocation in English.
