October 22
October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining.
Events
- 1746 - The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
- 1797 - 3,200 feet above Paris, Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
- 1836 - Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
- 1844 - Adherents of Millerism recognize this day as "The Great Disappointment;" their leader, William Miller, had told them that the world would end on this day.
- 1907 - Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
- 1934 - In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
- 1953 - Laos gains independence from France.
- 1957 - Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
- 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy announces that American spy planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation.
- 1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but he turns down the award.
- 1966 - The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (Supremes a Go-Go).
- 1968 - Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
- 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. Thieu rejects the proposal and accused the United States of conspiring to undermine his regime
- 1975 - Gays in the military: United States Air Force Technical Sergeant and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, Leonard Matlovich, is given a general discharge after appearing in his air force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline (printed in all uppercase) "I Am A Homosexual."
- 1981 - The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan signs the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law.
- 1999 - Maurice Papon, French politician, is jailed for war crimes.
Births
- 1811 - Franz Liszt, composer († 1886)
- 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, actress († 1923)
- 1844 - Louis Riel, Canadian politician († 1885)
- 1887 - John Reed, radical journalist († 1920)
- 1870 - Alfred Douglas, partner of Oscar Wilde
- 1903 - Curly Howard, actor, member of the Three Stooges († 1952)
- 1904 - Constance Bennett, actress († 1965)
- 1917 - Joan Fontaine, actress
- 1919 - Doris Lessing, British writer
- 1920 - Timothy Leary, writer, drug guru († 1996)
- 1922 - Lev Yashin, Soviet football goalkeeper († 1990)
- 1925 - Dory Previn, songwriter
- 1936 - Bobby Seale, civil rights activist, member of the Black Panthers
- 1937 - Alan Ladd Jr., film producer
- 1938 - Derek Jacobi, actor
- 1938 - Christopher Lloyd, actor
- 1943 - Catherine Deneuve, actress
- 1943 - Jan de Bont, film director
- 1945 - Leslie West
- 1949 - Stiv Bators, musician († 1990)
- 1952 - Annette Funicello, actress
- 1953 - Jeff Goldblum, actor
- 1963 - Brian Boitano, figure skating champion
- 1964 - Drazen Petrovic, Basketball Hall of Famer († 1993)
- 1965 - John Wesley Harding, musician
- 1968 - Shaggy, musician
- 1973 - Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball star, American League MVP and Rookie of the Year in 2001
Deaths
Holidays
October 21 - October 23 - November 22 - September 22 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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