TODAY IN HISTORY

OCTOBER 22

1836:Sam Houston, hero of the Texas Revolution, is inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas, which will remain an independent nation until becoming a U.S. state in 1845.

1934: Notorious Depression-era bank robber Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd is gunned down by FBI agents near a farm in East Liverpool, Ohio, after resisting arrest.

1979: The deposed Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, is allowed to travel to the United States for medical treatment. The decision is so unpopular in Iran that it precipitates the Iranian hostage crisis when militants seize the U.S. Embassy.