Today in History - History - October 22nd

1964French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize

1879Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb

1986"Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 6 performances

1978Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs

1976Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60

1966Ice hockey legend Bobby Orr scores his first career goal (vs Montreal Canadiens)

1721Tsar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator"

1978Pope John Paul II is inaugurated as Pope

1997Larry Flynt sells Hustler in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati

1988Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time

1811Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist (Faust Symphony), (d. 1886)

1968Shaggy [Orville Richard Burrell], Kingston, Jamaica, reggae rapper (Boombastic)

1917Joan Fontaine, Tokyo, Japan, British-American actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca), (d. 2013)

1913Robert Capa, Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist

1948Farm labor leader Cesar Chavez (21) weds labor activist Helen Fabela (20) in Reno, Nevada

1967Actor Morgan Freeman (30) weds Jeanette Adair Bradshaw

2011Actor and comedian Robin Williams (60) weds graphic designer Susan Schneider at the luxurious Meadow Wood Resort in the Napa Valley town of St. Helena, California

2001Tennis champion Andre Agassi (31) weds fellow tennis champion Steffi Graf (32) in Las Vegas, Nevada

1970Singer James Brown (37) weds Deidre Jenkins in Barnwell, South Carolina

1981Best-selling author Michael Crichton (39) weds broadcast journalist Suzanne Childs

1975Arnold Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist, dies at 86

1906Paul Cézanne, French Post-Impressionist painter (b. 1839)