October 22

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 22. From 1900 until now. October 22 is under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include Catherine Deneuve (1943), Deepak Chopra (1946) and Jeff Goldblum (1952). Several movies were released around October 22 over the years, such as Stand by Me in 1986 directed by Rob Reiner and Maachis in 1996 directed by Gulzar.
But much more happened on October 22 over the years: find out below

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2018 After nine years of construction, China is expected to open the world's longest sea bridge, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, at a ceremony in Hong Kong. (Business Insider)
2017 Boko Haram insurgency: A suicide bomber kills 13 people and injures five others in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. According to the police, 13 more civilians were injured in separate attacks. (Reuters)
2016 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), Battle of Mosul (2016–2017): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executes at least 284 people in Mosul. (CNN), (RT)
2015 Syrian Civil War: The Associated Press reports that Kurds in Syria established a new administration in the Sunni-Arab town of Tal Abyad, which the Kurds wrestled from ISIS last June. (U.S. News and World Report)Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports at least a dozen people, including health-care workers, were killed when Russian aircraft attacked a field hospital in Sarmin, Idlib. (AFP via Yahoo News)
2014 Swedish submarine incidents: NATO intercepts Russian jets over the Baltic Sea while Sweden's six-day search for a possibly damaged Russian Navy submarine continues. (AP via Daily Telegraph) (Europe Online Magazine)Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad, while pointing out that Sweden's military operation is focused on gathering intelligence on a suspected foreign submarine in its waters, stated that military force could be used to make it surface. (BBC)
2013 Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:: Nigerian troops kill 37 Boko Haram Islamist militants in air and ground strikes in their bases in the northeast. (Reuters)
2012 The Israeli air force strikes a rocket launching squad in the northern Gaza Strip, reportedly killing three, following rocket fire on southern Israel from Gaza and a mortar attack on an IDF patrol near the border. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
2011 North Korea agrees, for the first time in 6 years, to let the United States search for the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War. (BBC)
2010 The International Space Station surpasses the record for the longest continuous human occupation of space, having been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000 (3641 days).
2009 Sweden's Lutheran Church decides to conduct same-sex marriages, becoming the first major church to do so. (Reuters)
2008 Wachovia Corp reports a third-quarter loss of US$23.9 billion, a record quarterly deficit for a banking company in the global credit crisis.
2007 Mexico and the USA agree on a plan for the US to pay US$1.4 billion in aid over three years for Mexico to fight drug traffickers.
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.
2004 The state-of-art Canadian Light Source synchrotron opens for atomic research in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. (CBC)
2003 India: India launches a peace initiative to normalise relations with Pakistan. Formal talks are conditional on Islamabad ending Kashmiri cross-border terrorism initiatives.
2002 25 ampndash Chechen rebels take control of the theatre ''Nord-Ost'' in Moscow and hold the audience hostage.
2000 The Mainichi Shinbun newspaper exposes Japanese archeologist Shinichi Fujimura as a fraud.
1999 Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
1997 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
1995 Swinging On a Star opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 performances
1994 Philadelphia, Here I Come closes at Criterion NYC after 52 performances
1993 Actor James Coburn (65) weds Paula Murad (37)
1992 Atlanta, becomes 1st US team to win a World Series game out of US
1991 General Motors announces nine-month fiscal loss of US$2.2 billion.
1989 Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia
1988 Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time
1987 Cabaret opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 262 performances
1986 Into the Light opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 6 performances
1985 Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win
1984 Paul McCartney releases Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack
1983 Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
1982 Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels
1981 Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW vs. Queensland
1980 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
1979 Walt Disney World welcomes its 100-millionth guest, Kurt Miller.
1978 King of Hearts opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit.
1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1975 Me & Bessie opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 453 performances
1974 Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
1973 Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon
1972 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
1970 Chilean army commander René Schneider is shot in Santiago the government declares a state of emergency. Schneider dies October 25.
1969 KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM
1968 Apollo 7 returns to Earth.
1967 Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA Carlsbad Jaycee Golf Open
1966 USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
1964 EMI rejects audition by High Numbers, they go on to become The Who
1963 225,000 students boycott Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest.
1962 JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba
1961 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium
1960 Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer
1959 Take Me Along opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 448 performances
1957 Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany
1956 France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella
1955 WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1953 Laos gains full independence from France.
1951 Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed
1949 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2)
1948 Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel
1946 2 British ships sink near Albania
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.
1942 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
1941 World War II: French resistance member Guy Moquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
1939 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs. Dodgers
1938 Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine
1936 First commercial flight from mainland USA to Hawaii.
1935 18th PGA Championship: Johnny Revolta at Twin Hills Country Club - Oklahoma City
1934 In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
1933 Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1932 Charles de Broqueville becomes Premier of Belgium
1930 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult
1929 French government of Briand falls
1928 China expels all Russian instructors and civil servants
1927 Nikola Tesla exposed his six (6) new inventions including motor with onephase electricity
1926 Student Wallace Whitehead repeatedly punches magician Harry Houdini in the abdomen, after asking if he had strong muscles, and receiving permission to punch him.
1924 Toastmasters International is founded.
1922 Lucerne Street in the Bronx named.
1913 Explosion at Dawson NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers
1910 Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus
1906 3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia.
1904 Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship
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