Today is Saturday, Oct. 22, the 296th day of 2016. There are 70 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Black Panthers co-founder Bobby Seale is 80. Actor Christopher Lloyd is 78. Rock musician Leslie West (Mountain) is 71. Rock musician Greg Hawkes is 64. Olympic gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano is 53. Reggae rapper Shaggy is 48. Movie director Spike Jonze is 47. Rapper Tracey Lee is 46. Actress Saffron Burrows is 44. Rock musician Zac Hanson (Hanson) is 31. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki is 26. Actress Sofia Vassilieva is 24.

In 1746, Princeton University was first chartered as the College of New Jersey.

In 1797, French balloonist Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent, landing safely from a height of about 3,000 feet over Paris.

In 1836, Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.

In 1926, Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, ‘‘The Sun Also Rises,’’ was published by Scribner’s of New York.

In 1962, in a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the presence of Soviet-built missile bases under construction in Cuba.

In 1979, the US government allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to travel to New York for medical treatment — a decision that precipitated the Iran hostage crisis.

In 1991, the European Community and the European Free Trade Association concluded a landmark accord to create a free trade zone of 19 nations by 1993.