October 22
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October 22 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 362 - The temple of Apollo near Antioch is destroyed in a fire.
- 1383 - A time of civil war began in Portugal when King Fernando died without a male heir to the throne.
- 1746 - The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) is created.
- 1797 - One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
- 1836 - Sam Houston is becomes the first President of the Republic of Texas.
- 1878 - The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
- 1953 - Laos becomes independence from France.
- 1957 - Vietnam War: First American soldier to die in Vietnam.
- 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy says that American spy planes have found 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 in Literature, but turns down the honor.
- 1964 - Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee choses the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.
- 1968 - Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
- 1968 - Hard rock band Led Zeppelin release the classic album Led Zeppelin II, featuring the hit single "Whole Lotta Love."
[change] Births
- 1811 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer (d. 1886)
- 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
- 1865 - Paul Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1930)
- 1882 - Newell Convers Wyeth, American painter (d. 1945)
- 1919 - Doris Lessing, British writer
- 1920 - Timothy Leary, American writer and psychologist (d. 1996)
- 1921 - Georges Brassens, French singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
- 1923 - Bert Trautmann, German footballer
[change] Deaths
- 1928 - Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
- 1995 - Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922)
- 2003 - Elliott Smith, American musician (b. 1969)
- 2006 - Choi Kyu-ha, President of South Korea (b. 1919)