Daily Archives: October 22, 2022

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney bristle on foreign policy in third and final debate 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 2012)

2010s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Obama vs. Romney: The third 2012 presidential debate'

(Monday, October 22, 2012, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2012 United States presidential election campaign) — President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney wrapped up a series of three presidential debates tonight with a bristling exchange over America’s place in the world as each sought to portray the other as an unreliable commander in chief in a dangerous era. Continue reading President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney bristle on foreign policy in third and final debate 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 2012) →

President John F. Kennedy reveals U.S. spy planes have been discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 1962)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Oval Office Address on the Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy - Oct. 22, 1962'

(Monday, October 22, 1962, 7:00 p.m. EDT; day seven of the Cuban missile crisis, part of the Cold War) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced tonight in a nationally broadcast address that “unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites” had been established in Cuba by the Soviet Union “to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.” Continue reading President John F. Kennedy reveals U.S. spy planes have been discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 1962) →