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October 22nd
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- Earliest day for Make a Difference Day, while October 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Saturday in October (United States)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Fechner Day, celebrated by Psychophysicists
- International Stuttering Awareness Day (International)
- Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto)
October 22nd
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- 2008 - India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
- 2007 - Raid 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.
- 2006 - A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama.
- 2005 - Tropical 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.
- 1999 - Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
- 1983 - Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
- 1981 - The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
- 1981 - The TGV railway service between Paris and Lyon is inaugurated.
- 1976 - Red 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.
- 1975 - The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
- 1972 - Vietnam 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.
- 1968 - Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
- 1966 - The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
- 1966 - The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
- 1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
- 1964 - Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.
- 1963 - A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
- 1962 - Cuban 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.
- 1960 - Independence of Mali from France.
- 1957 - Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
- 1953 - Laos gains independence from France.
- 1944 - World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
- 1943 - World 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.
- 1941 - World 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.
- 1934 - In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
- 1928 - Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
- 1927 - Nikola Tesla exposed his six (6) new inventions including motor with onephase electricity
- 1926 - J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
- 1924 - Toastmasters International is founded.
- 1910 - Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
- 1907 - Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
- 1895 - In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.
- 1883 - The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
- 1878 - The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
- 1877 - The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
- 1875 - First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
- 1844 - The 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.
- 1836 - Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
- 1797 - One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
- 1790 - Warriors 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.
- 1784 - Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
- 1746 - The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
- 1730 - Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
- 1707 - Scilly 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.
- 1633 - Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
- 1575 - Foundation of Aguascalientes.
- 1383 - The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, sparking a period of civil war and disorder.
- 794 - Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
- 362 - A mysterious fire destroys the temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch.
October 22nd
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- 1992 - Sofia Vassilieva, American actress
- 1990 - Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
- 1988 - Matt Evans, Filipino actor
- 1986 - Kara Lang, Canadian footballer
- 1985 - Evagelia Aravani, Greek fashion model
- 1985 - Zac Hanson, American musician
- 1984 - Jonathan Helwig, American MMA fighter
- 1984 - Aleksandar Mari?, Australian basketball player of Serbian descent
- 1983 - Plan B, English rapper and actor
- 1982 - Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 - Heath Miller, American football player
- 1981 - Michael Fishman, Cuban/American actor
- 1981 - Olivier Pla, French racing driver
- 1978 - Dion Glover, American basketball player
- 1978 - Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
- 1978 - Owais Shah, English cricketer
- 1976 - Jon Foreman, American musician (Switchfoot)
- 1976 - Helen Svedin, Swedish model
- 1975 - Martín Cardetti, Argentine footballer
- 1975 - Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor
- 1975 - Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
- 1974 - Tim Kinsella, American musician
- 1974 - Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer
- 1974 - Jeff McInnis, American NBA basketball player
- 1974 - Miroslav Šatan, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1973 - Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer
- 1973 - Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
- 1972 - D'Lo Brown, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Kornel David, Hungarian basketball player
- 1970 - Amy Redford, American actress, director and producer
- 1969 - Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
- 1969 - Spike Jonze, American director and film producer
- 1969 - Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer
- 1968 - Shaggy, Jamaican musician
- 1968 - Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
- 1967 - Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
- 1967 - Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 - Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian
- 1967 - Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (d. 1994)
- 1966 - Valeria Golino, Italian actress
- 1965 - Otis Smith, American football player
- 1965 - Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, frontman of the Polish deathmetal band Vader
- 1965 - John Wesley Harding, American musician
- 1964 - Dražen Petrovi?, Croatian basketball player (d. 1993)
- 1964 - Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter
- 1963 - Brian Boitano, American figure skater
- 1962 - Hüseyin Kenan Ayd?n, German politician
- 1962 - Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
- 1961 - Robert Torti, American actor
- 1960 - Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains)
- 1960 - Cris Kirkwood, American musician (Meat Puppets)
- 1959 - Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)
- 1959 - Marc Shaiman, American composer
- 1956 - Frank DiPino, American baseball player
- 1952 - Jeff Goldblum, American actor
- 1949 - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
- 1949 - Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician
- 1949 - Arsène Wenger, French football manager
- 1948 - Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford
- 1947 - Raymond Bachand, French-Canadian politician and businessman
- 1947 - Haley Barbour, American politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi
- 1946 - Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon
- 1946 - Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and writer
- 1946 - Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality
- 1946 - Eddie Brigati, American singer (The Rascals)
- 1945 - Leslie West, American musician
- 1945 - Sheila Sherwood, British long jumper
- 1945 - Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
- 1943 - Jan de Bont, Dutch film director
- 1943 - Catherine Deneuve, French actress
- 1943 - Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1942 - Annette Funicello, American actress
- 1942 - Bobby Fuller, American rock guitarist (d. 1966)
- 1939 - Joaquim Chissano, former (2nd) President of Mozambique
- 1939 - George Cohen, English footballer
- 1939 - Tony Roberts, American actor
- 1938 - Derek Jacobi, English actor
- 1938 - Christopher Lloyd, American actor
- 1937 - Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (d. 1982)
- 1936 - Col. John Blashford-Snell, British explorer and author
- 1936 - Bobby Seale, American civil rights activist
- 1935 - Ann Rule, American true-crime writer
- 1933 - Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
- 1929 - Dory Previn, American songwriter
- 1928 - Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director
- 1927 - Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and graphic artist (d. 2008)
- 1923 - Bert Trautmann, German former footballer
- 1922 - Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
- 1921 - Georges Brassens, French singer (d. 1981)
- 1921 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (d. 1986)
- 1920 - Timothy Leary, American writer (d. 1996)
- 1919 - Doris Lessing, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1919 - Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Lou Klein, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1917 - Joan Fontaine, American actress
- 1913 - B?o ??i, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (d. 2008)
- 1913 - Robert Capa, American war photographer (born in Hungary) (d. 1954)
- 1913 - Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Frances Drake, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1912 - George N. Leighton, American jurist
- 1908 - John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
- 1907 - Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (d. 1967)
- 1905 - Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1969)
- 1904 - Constance Bennett, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1903 - George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1989)
- 1903 - Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)
- 1896 - Charles Glen King, American biochemist (d. 1988)
- 1894 - Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera performer (d. 1961)
- 1891 - Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d. 1988)
- 1887 - John Reed, American journalist (d. 1920)
- 1886 - Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (d. 1970)
- 1881 - Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
- 1873 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
- 1870 - Alfred Douglas, English partner of Oscar Wilde (d. 1945)
- 1870 - Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
- 1865 - Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1943)
- 1858 - German Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of German Emperor Wilhelm II (d. 1921)
- 1844 - Louis Riel, Canadian Metis Political Leader (d. 1885)
- 1821 - Collis Potter Huntington, American railroad executive (d. 1900)
- 1818 - Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
- 1811 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
- 1809 - Volney E. Howard, American politician (d. 1889)
- 1770 - Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (d. 1831)
- 1734 - Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
- 1729 - Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (d. 1798)
- 1701 - Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
- 1692 - Elizabeth Farnese, second queen of King Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
- 1689 - King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
- 1688 - Nadir Shah of Persia (d. 1747)
- 1592 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)
- 1558 - Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
- 1511 - Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
- 1197 - Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
- 1071 - William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (d. 1126)