October 22, 2018 This day in history
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Started by metmike - Oct. 21, 2018, 9:43 p.m.

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2005Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.

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By carlberky - Oct. 22, 2018, 7:12 a.m.
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1962Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.

Scary, scary time. It was reported that Fidel Castro wanted Russia to pull the trigger on WW3.