Daily Archives: October 22, 2026

U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs sweeping tax-overhaul legislation into law 40 years ago this hour (Oct 22 1986)


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(Wednesday, October 22, 1986, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan, culminating a two-year odyssey that was fraught with perils at nearly every turn, signed into law today a sweeping tax overhaul measure that slashes rates to the lowest level since the Great Depression and curtails many widely used business and personal tax breaks.

‘Nowhere Man/Paperback Writer’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 60 years ago this hour (Oct 22 1966)


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(Saturday, October 22, 1966, 10:30 a.m. EDT) — The Beatles are out for “a healthy tramp in the woods” when they encounter a hermit who “just wants to be left alone”; and later, Dot, Blot and Clot Publishers, decides to put a papberback book out about the Beatles and make a lot of money on this morning’s season two finale of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC. Continue reading ‘Nowhere Man/Paperback Writer’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 60 years ago this hour (Oct 22 1966) →