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This day in history: 22 October

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Key facts

373 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 22 October.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2019: Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Abercius of Hieropolis

Christian feast day: Cordula of Cologne

Christian feast day: Donatus of Fiesole

Christian feast day: Mellonius

Christian feast day: Nunilo and Alodia

Christian feast day: October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Pope John Paul II

International Stuttering Awareness Day

Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto, Japan)

Events

2019Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.

2014Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.

2013The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.

2012Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.

2008India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1.

2007A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.

2006A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.

2005Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.

2005Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season.

1999Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.

1997Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero Palo, in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland during his prison escape.

1992Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.

1987John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.

1983Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.

1981The US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.

1975The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.

1964Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.

1963A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.

1962Cuban Missile Crisis: President 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 Com

1946Over twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their families and equipment.

1943World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the British Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.

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.

1936Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.

1934In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill the notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

1923The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.

1910Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.

1907A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.

1895In Paris, an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100 ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33 ft) to the road below.

1884The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

1883The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Charles Gounod's Faust.

1879Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb; the bulb lasted 131⁄2 hours before burning out.

1877The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.

1866A plebiscite ratifies the annexation of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before on October 19.

1859Spain declares war on Morocco.

1844The Millerites (followers of Baptist preacher William Miller) anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day becomes known as the Great Disappointment.

1836Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.

1797André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris.

1790Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.

1777American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.

1746The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

Born on this day

2001Brian Branch, American football player

2001Jo Yu-ri, South Korean singer and actress

2000Baby Keem, American rapper and record producer

1999Geraldo Perdomo, Dominican baseball player

1998Roddy Ricch, American rapper

1997Jan Köstering, German politician

1996B.I, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer

1996Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian ski runner

1994Corbin Burnes, American baseball player

1993Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer

199221 Savage, British-American rapper

1992Sofia Vassilieva, American actress

1990David Savard, Canadian ice hockey player

1990Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor

1989JPEGMafia, American rapper and singer

1989Muhammad Wilkerson, American football player

1988Corey Hawkins, American actor

1988Parineeti Chopra, Indian actress

1988Sarah Barrow, English diver

1987Donny Montell, Lithuanian singer-songwriter

1987Park Ha-sun, South Korean actress

1987Tiki Gelana, Ethiopian runner

1986Chancellor, South Korean-American musician

1986Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player

1986Kyle Gallner, American actor

1986Ștefan Radu, Romanian footballer

1984Aleks Marić, Australian basketball player

1984Antti Pihlström, Finnish ice hockey player

1983Byul, South Korean singer

1983Plan B, British singer and actor

1982Darren O'Day, American baseball player

1982Heath Miller, American football player

1982Mark Renshaw, Australian cyclist

1982Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player

1981Michael Fishman, American actor and producer

1980Luke O'Donnell, Australian rugby league player

1980Niall Breslin, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer

1979Jannero Pargo, American basketball player and coach

1978Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (died 2007)

1978Owais Shah, Pakistani-English cricketer

Died on this day

2024Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1960)

2024Grizzly 399, American grizzly bear (born 1996)

2024Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (born 1928)

2024Lynda Obst, American film producer and author (born 1950)

2024Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (born 1941)

2021Peter Scolari, American actor (born 1955)

2017George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)

2017Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932)

2016Sheri S. Tepper, American writer (born 1929)

2016Steve Dillon, British comic book artist (born 1962)

2015Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (born 1945)

2015Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1927)

2015Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975)

2015Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (born 1926)

2015Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (born 1923)

2014Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (born 1941)

2014George Francis, English footballer and soldier (born 1934)

2014John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (born 1922)

2014John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (born 1934)

2013James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (born 1925)

2013Lajos Für, Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1930)

2013Marylou Dawes, Canadian pianist and educator (born 1933)

2013William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)

2012Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (born 1923)

2012Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (born 1941)

2012Mike Morris, English talk show host (born 1946)

2011Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1930)

2010Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (born 1920)

2009Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (born 1933)

2009Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (born 1926)

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