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October 22 in History: From Long March to declining Nobel Prize and more

1879
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1879

Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb

1936
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1936

Long March, a 6000-mile journey made by Red Army ends in China

1962
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1962

US President Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis

1964
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1964

Jean-Paul Sartre becomes first person to decline Nobel Prize for Literature

2008
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2008

India's first lunar space probe "Chandrayaan-1" is launched