What happened on October 22? There are more than 258 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About October 22
October 22 is the 296th day of the year 2024. There are 70 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 43rd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Norman, Oklahoma 73071 sunrise will occur at 07:41 AM and sunset will occur at 06:46 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Libra. The modern birthstone for this month is Opal while the mystical birthstone is Jasper.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 99 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For October 22
- 362A mysterious fire destroys the Temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch.
- 794Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
- 1383The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, sparking a period of civil war and disorder.
- 1575Foundation of Aguascalientes.
- 1633Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
- 1707Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown.
- 1730Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
- 1746The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
- 1777American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
- 1784Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
- 1790Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.
- 1797One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
- 1836Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
- 1844The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.
- 1859Spain declares war on Morocco.
- 1866A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, occurred three days before, on October 19.
- 1875First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
- 1877The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
- 1878The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
- 1879Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).
- 1883The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
- 1895In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.
- 1907Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
- 1910Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
- 1924Toastmasters International is founded.
- 1926J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
- 1927Nikola Tesla exposed his six (6) new inventions including motor with onephase electricity
- 1928Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
- 1934In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
- 1941World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
- 1943World War II: in the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
- 1957Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval “quarantine” of the Communist nation.
- 1963A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
- 1964Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.
- 1964Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
- 1966The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
- 1966The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
- 1968Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
- 1972Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.
- 1975The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
- 1976Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.
- 1981The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
- 1983Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
- 1999Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
- 2005Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
- 2006A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama.
- 2007Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
- 2008India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
Who Were Born On October 22?
- 1071William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (d. 1126)
- 1197Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
- 1511Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
- 1558Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
- 1592Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)
- 1689King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
- 1701Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
- 1729Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (d. 1798)
- 1734Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
- 1749Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch convicted bookseller(d. 1816)
- 1809Volney E. Howard, American politician (d. 1889)
- 1811Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
- 1818Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
- 1821Collis Potter Huntington, American railroad executive (d. 1900)
- 1844Louis Riel, Canadian Metis Political Leader (d. 1885)
- 1844Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress (d. 1923)
- 1858German Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of German Emperor Wilhelm II (d. 1921)
- 1865Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1943)
- 1870Alfred Douglas, English partner of Oscar Wilde (d. 1945)
- 1870Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
- 1873Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
- 1875David van Embden, Dutch politician (d. 1962)
- 1881Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
- 1881Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist (d. 1908)
- 1886Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (d. 1970)
- 1887John Reed, American journalist (d. 1920)
- 1891Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d. 1988)
- 1894Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera performer (d. 1961)
- 1896Charles Glen King, American biochemist (d. 1988)
- 1900Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian Revolutionary (d. 1927)
- 1903Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)
- 1903George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1989)
- 1904Constance Bennett, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1905Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1969)
- 1906Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer (d. 1970)
- 1907Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (d. 1967)
- 1908John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
- 1912Frances Drake, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1912George N. Leighton, American jurist
- 1913Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1997)
- 1913Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2002)
- 1913Robert Capa, American war photographer (born in Hungary) (d. 1954)
- 1913Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (d. 2008)
- 1917Joan Fontaine, American actress
- 1918Lou Klein, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1919Doris Lessing, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1919Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (d. 2001)
- 1920Timothy Leary, American writer (d. 1996)
- 1921Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (d. 1986)
- 1921Georges Brassens, French singer (d. 1981)
- 1922Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
- 1923Bert Trautmann, German former footballer
- 1925Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and graphic artist (d. 2008)
- 1927Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (d. 2005)
- 1928Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director
- 1929Dory Previn, American songwriter
- 1929Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
- 1933Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer (d. 2007)
- 1934Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
- 1935Ann Rule, American true-crime writer
- 1936Bobby Seale, American civil rights activist
- 1936Col. John Blashford-Snell, British explorer and author
- 1937Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (d. 1982)
- 1938Christopher Lloyd, American actor
- 1938Derek Jacobi, English actor
- 1938Timos Perlegas, Greek actor (d. 1993)
- 1939George Cohen, English footballer
- 1939Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French writer and poet
- 1939Joaquim Chissano, former (2nd) President of Mozambique
- 1939Susumu Kurobe, Japanese actor
- 1939Tony Roberts, American actor
- 1942Annette Funicello, American actress
- 1942Bobby Fuller, American rock guitarist (d. 1966)
- 1943Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1943Catherine Deneuve, French actress
- 1943Jan de Bont, Dutch film director
- 1943Robert Long, Dutch singer, songwriter and television presenter.(d. 2006)
- 1945Leslie West, American musician
- 1945Sheila Sherwood, British long jumper
- 1945Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
- 1946Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality
- 1946Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and writer
- 1946Eddie Brigati, American singer (The Rascals)
- 1946Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon
- 1946Richard McGonagle, American voice actor
- 1947Apostolos Kontos, Greek basketball player
- 1947Haley Barbour, American politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi
- 1947Raymond Bachand, French-Canadian politician and businessman
- 1948Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford
- 1949Arsène Wenger, French football manager
- 1949Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
- 1949Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician
- 1952Jeff Goldblum, American actor
- 1956Frank DiPino, American baseball player
- 1959Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)
- 1959Marc Shaiman, American composer
- 1960Cris Kirkwood, American musician (Meat Puppets)
- 1960Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains)
- 1961Robert Torti, American actor
- 1962Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
- 1962Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, German politician
- 1963Brian Boitano, American figure skater
- 1964Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (d. 1993)
- 1964Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter
- 1965John Wesley Harding, American musician
- 1965Otis Smith, American football player
- 1965Piotr “Peter” Wiwczarek, frontman of the Polish deathmetal band Vader
- 1966Valeria Golino, Italian actress
- 1967Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian
- 1967Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
- 1967Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
- 1967Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (d. 1994)
- 1968Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
- 1968Shaggy, Jamaican musician
- 1968Shelby Lynne, American singer and songwriter
- 1968Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
- 1969Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer
- 1969Spike Jonze, American director and film producer
- 1970Amy Redford, American actress, director and producer
- 1970Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer
- 1971Kornel David, Hungarian basketball player
- 1972D'Lo Brown, American professional wrestler
- 1973Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer
- 1973Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
- 1973Mark van der Zijden, Dutch swimmer
- 1974Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer
- 1974Jeff McInnis, American NBA basketball player
- 1974Miroslav Šatan, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1974Tim Kinsella, American musician
- 1975Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor
- 1975Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
- 1975Martín Cardetti, Argentine footballer
- 1976Helen Svedin, Swedish model
- 1976Jon Foreman, American musician (Switchfoot)
- 1978Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
- 1978Dion Glover, American basketball player
- 1978Owais Shah, English cricketer
- 1979Doni, Brazilian footballer
- 1981Michael Fishman, Cuban/American actor
- 1981Olivier Pla, French racing driver
- 1982Heath Miller, American football player
- 1982Mark Renshaw, Australian cyclist
- 1982Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
- 1983Plan B, English rapper and actor
- 1984Aleksandar Marić, Australian basketball player of Serbian descent
- 1985Evagelia Aravani, Greek fashion model
- 1985Zac Hanson, American musician
- 1986Ștefan Radu, Romanian footballer
- 1986Kara Lang, Canadian footballer
- 1988Matt Evans, Filipino actor
- 1990Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
- 1992Sofia Vassilieva, American actress
Who Died On October 22?
- 741Charles Martel, leader of the Franks (b. 686)
- 1383King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
- 1565Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
- 1613Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer
- 1625Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
- 1674Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
- 1707Cloudesley Shovell, Royal Navy admiral (b.1650)
- 1708Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636)
- 1751William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
- 1755Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b. 1694)
- 1792Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
- 1847Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa
- 1859Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
- 1883Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (b. 1818)
- 1891Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)
- 1906Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
- 1914Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
- 1917Robert James “Bob” Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
- 1918Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (b. 1891)
- 1927Borisav “Bora” Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1876)
- 1928Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
- 1934Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
- 1935Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
- 1935Sir Edward Carson, Irish Unionist opposed to Home Rule (b. 1854)
- 1941Guy Môquet, French hero of the resistance(executed)(b. 1924)
- 1952Ernst Rüdin, Swiss nazi physician (b. 1874)
- 1954Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
- 1956Hannah Mitchell, English socialist and suffragette (b. 1872)
- 1969Tommy Edwards, American singer (b. 1922)
- 1973Pau Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
- 1978John Riley, English poet (murdered) (b. 1937)
- 1979Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887)
- 1985Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (b. 1894)
- 1986Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
- 1986Jane Dornacker, musician, actress, and traffic reporter for WNBC Radio. (b. 1947)
- 1986Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1897)
- 1987Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (b. 1919)
- 1989Ewan MacColl, English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (b. 1915)
- 1992Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)
- 1992Red Barber, American sportscaster (b. 1908)
- 1993Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (b. 1930)
- 1995Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922)
- 1997Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
- 1998Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909)
- 2001Prof. Dr. Dkfm. Helmut Krackowizer, journalist and motorcycle racer (b. 1922)
- 2002Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915)
- 2002Richard Helms, American CIA director (b. 1913)
- 2005Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
- 2005Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)
- 2005Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
- 2006Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
- 2007Ève Curie, French writer (b. 1904)
- 2009Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
- 2009Soupy Sales, American comedian and television personality (b. 1926)
- 2011Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Crown Prince (b. 1924 or 1930)
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