First Indo-Pak war, Cuban missile crisis and more: Here are key events that took place on Oct 22

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Let us take a look at important events, ranging from the Cuban missile crisis to the beginning of the first Indo-Pak war, that took place on Oct 22.

By CNBCTV18.comOct 22, 2021 10:02:48 AM IST (Published)

1923 - Failed Royalist coup in Greece. (Image & text: Reuters)

1947 – The first Indo-Pak war begins after Pakistan backed intruders enter Kashmir.

1962 - US President John Kennedy announced that a Soviet missile base was being built in Cuba and ordered a naval blockade of ships carrying equipment there. (Text: Reuters)

1962 - Nelson Mandela pleaded not guilty at the start of his treason trial in South Africa.

1964 - French writer Jean-Paul Sartre rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature, saying it would reduce the impact of his writing.

2004 - Russia's Duma ratified the Kyoto Protocol, clearing the way for the long-delayed climate change pact to come into force worldwide.