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What Happened on October 22nd This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.
2014	Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.
2013	The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.
2012	Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.
2008	India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
2007	A 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.
2006	A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.
2005	Tropical 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.
2005	Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
1999	Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
1997	Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero Palo, in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland during his prison escape.[9]
1987	John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered.
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 (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
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.
1975	The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
1964	Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
1964	An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become 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: 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 Communist nation.
1947	The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
1946	Over twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their families and equipment.
1943	World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF 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.
1936	Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.
1934	In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
1923	The 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.
1910	Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
1907	A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
1895	In 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.
1884	The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
1883	The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
1879	Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (lasting 13.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;o
1878	The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
1877	The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
1875	The first telegraphic connection in Argentina becomes operational.
1866	A plebiscite ratifies the annexation of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before on October 19.
1859	Spain declares war on Morocco.
1844	The 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.
1836	Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
1797	André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris.
1790	Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.
1784	Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
1777	American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
1746	The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter
1739	The War of Jenkins' Ear begins with the first attack on La Guaira.
1730	Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
1721	The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
1707	Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
1633	The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
1383	The male line of the Portuguese House of Burgundy becomes extinct with the death of King Fernando, leaving only his daughter Beatrice. Rival claimants begin a period of civil war and disorder.
906	Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives.
794	Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heian-kyō (now Kyoto).
451	The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council.

Famous People Born on October 22

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Year	Name
1964	Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (d. 1993)
1934	Donald McIntyre, New Zealand opera singer
1968	Jay Johnston, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1948	Pierre Lartigue, French rally driver
1981	Olivier Pla, French racing driver
1958	Bobby Blotzer, American drummer
1894	Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer (d. 1961)
1990	Nicolás Francella, Argentine actor
1971	Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player
1967	Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor

Famous People Deaths On October 22

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 22. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1565	Jean Grolier de Servières, French book collector (b. 1479)
1952	Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
2005	Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
1792	Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
1998	Eric Ambler, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1909)
1985	Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (b. 1894)
1883	George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
1986	Jane Dornacker, American actress and singer (b. 1947)
2012	Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
1493	James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton