Today in history -- July 22.

In 1983, Samantha Smith and her parents returned home in Maine after completing a whirlwind tour of the Soviet Union. The fifth-grader had written to Communist Party chief Yuri Andropov expressing her fears about nuclear war. Andropov wrote back, assuring Smith that his country had no intention of starting a war with the U.S.

Today is Tuesday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2014. There are 162 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On July 22, 1934, bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, where he had just seen the Clark Gable movie "Manhattan Melodrama.''

On this date:

In 1893, Wellesley College professor Katharine Lee Bates visited the summit of Pikes Peak, where she was inspired to write the original version of her poem "America the Beautiful.''

In 1933, American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world as he returned to New York's Floyd Bennett Field after traveling for 7 days, 183/4 hours.

In 1944, the Bretton Woods Monetary Conference concluded in New Hampshire with an agreement to establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

In 1963, Sonny Liston knocked out Floyd Patterson in the first round of their rematch in Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight title.

In 2011, Anders Breivik massacred 69 people at a Norwegian island youth retreat after detonating a bomb in nearby Oslo...