Friday October 22, 2010

US date format: 10/22/2010, UK date format: 22/10/2010

The day of the week was Friday, under the astrological sign of Libra (see Chinese Zodiac and Moon Sign on October 22, 2010).

The number one song in US was Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars.

Avatar, directed by James Cameron, was one of the most viewed movie released in 2010 while The Roots Of Obama'S Rage by Dinesh D'Souza was one of the best selling book.

On TV people were watching Gigantic. If you liked videogames you were probably playing Dead or Alive Paradise or Create.

The US president was Barack Obama (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was David Cameron (Conservative), Pope Benedict XVI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened that day: find out below.

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October 22, 2010 Events

What happened on October 22, 2010?

Historical Events

The International Space Station has been continuously inhabited for 3641 days, surpassing the record for longest continuous human occupancy of space.
Wikileaks publishes the Iraq War Logs, classified American military records that reveal new information. These include that U.S. commanders permitted torture and executions to take place without investigation, and that hundreds of civilians were killed at U.S. military checkpoints during Operation Enduring Freedom. Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with other U.S. officials, condemn these disclosures.
In front of the government offices of Kirovohrad in Ukraine, three bombs were detonated, just before President Viktor Yanukovych arrived.
According to Indonesia, the men who tortured Papuan villagers on a video were soldiers from the Indonesian National Armed Forces.
Six Pakistani soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in Orakzai, a tribal region.
A blast close to a mosque in Peshawar (Pakistan) results in at least two deaths.
12 people were killed in fighting between Islamist insurgents and pro-government forces in Somalia's Beled-Hawa District, near the Kenyan frontier.
Two Iranian films, "Michael" and "When the Light Shines", won top prizes at the closing ceremony of Italy's 13th International Religions Today Film Festival.
President Pratibha Pattel, New Delhi, gave away the Fifty-Seventh National Film Awards.
Pablo Huneeus, a Chilean social critic and writer, registers copyright in ampquotEstamos Bien En El Refugeo Los 33ampquot for the benefit of the author.
France strikes 2010:
French riot police seize Grandpuits Total S.A.'s oil refinery, which was blocked by strikers since more than ten days.
France's Senate approves the controversial pension reform bills.
Two more days of protest are planned by French trade unions on October 28th and November 6th.
Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan, calls for Canada to reject BHP Billiton's $28.6 Billion takeover offer for Saskatchewan's Potash Corporation.
China's urban unemployment rate was 4.1% in September.
In 23 states, unemployment fell and Washington, D.C., saw an 11-state increase.
The World Health Organisation is informed by the Haitian Health Ministry of a cholera epidemic north of Port-au-Prince. At least 150 people have died.
A rotting disease called jiggers causes 20 deaths in Uganda, and further sickens another 20,000.
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon warns that North Korea is headed for a ampquotchronicampquot food crisis with droughts and floods in various parts of the country.
After triggering landslides in Taiwan, Typhoon Megi killed 7 people and left 23 others without a home.
Cyclone Giri, a powerful storm that intensified rapidly with winds of 144mph makes landfall in western Burma.
Sumatra forest fires, Indonesia, create thick fog that drifts over Singapore.
A cargo ship collides at Nieuwer Ter Aa, Utrecht. The ferryboat is thrown into the water and capsized.
HMS Astute is stranded off the Isle of Skye.
Christian Kandlbauer is killed in a car accident in Austria. He was thought to have been the first person to drive with a mind-controlled robotic arm.
Three South Koreans are being investigated over allegedly trying to defect to North Korea.
After a newspaper published the addresses and names of homosexuals, several people in Uganda are subject to attack.
The British government had kept files on David Kelly's death secret for seven years. They have now released them, declaring that Kelly's injuries were typical of self-inflicted injuries.
An independent appeals panel has ordered the removal of the judges in the Dutch MP Geert wilders' trial. The legal process must now begin over again.
Three people are killed and six others are injured by an ex-convict at a school in Zamboanga, Philippines.
Students from Tibet protest against the new policy of making Chinese the official language of instruction in China. A demonstration took place at Beijing's Minzu University of China.
Google claims that Street View cars have collected more information than previously disclosed, including URLs and passwords. It also stated that it would alter its privacy practices.
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2010 strikes in France: The Grandpuits Total S.A. oil refining plant was shut down by strikers for over ten days. (BBC). France's Senate passes controversial pension reform bills. (BBC)French trade Unions plan to protest for two more days on October 28th and November 6.
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October 22, 2010 Famous Deaths

Who died on October 22, 2010?

Other October 22nd famous deaths

Eve Curie
French writer (Born 1904).
Rollo May
American psychoanalyst and lecturer who was a successful and popular pioneer of existential psychology.
Soupy Sales
American comedian, clever and imaginative, a popular figure on early TV, raised pie-throwing to an art form, having supposedly tossed 19,000...
Cleavon Little
Actor (Blazing Saddles), dies of colon cancer at 53.

See all famous people who died on October 22nd

October 22, 2010 Zodiac

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Libra

Libra personality

Who should a Libra marry?

Babies born in October are either Libra or Scorpio. People born before October 22nd are Libra, while people born from October 23rd have the sign of Scorpio

Personality of October born

Chinese Zodiac

Tiger

October 22, 2010 Day of the Week and Calendar

What day of the week was October 22, 2010?

The day of the week was Friday.

October 22nd marks the 294th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2010.

There are 70 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

October 2010 calendar

October	2010
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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Music charts

What was the number one song on October 22, 2010? Which were the top hits on October 22, 2010?
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