Today In History: October 22 | Former stripper spread terror through the mail
October 22
A mail-bomb scare began in the US on October 22, 2018, when a pipe bomb was sent to the New York home of billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
Over the coming days more suspicious packages containing crudely made explosive devices were posted to the homes of prominent supporters of the Democratic Party.
They included Hollywood actor Robert De Niro and former president Barack Obama, as well as media outlet CNN.
Just a few days after the first pipe bomb was mailed, Cesar Sayoc, an amateur body builder and former stripper was arrested and accused of sending at least 13 of them to prominent figures and organisations.
The FBI said investigators were aided by misspellings from his online posts, which were found to match mistakes found on the packages.
Sayoc was later sentenced to 20 years in prison.
On October 22, 1967, the American pop and rhythm band The Supremes became the first all-female group to record a number-one album on the US charts.
From left, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson, of The Supremes, went on to be one of the most successful groups of all time.
Australia's major political parties came together on October 22, 2018, to issue the National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.
Then Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, made the apology in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra on behalf of the nation.
Former cycling superstar and infamous doping cheat Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from the sport on October 22, 2012.
After denying the allegations for years, the US cyclist admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in a scandal that rocked the sport.
On October 22, 2010, the organisation WikiLeaks, founded by Australian Julian Assange, began the largest non-authorised release of classified US military documents in history.
The 391,832 reports detailed the operations and conduct of American forces in the Iraq War.
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