Historical Events

22 Oct 1335
Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest
22 Oct 1383
The -85 Crisis in Portugal A period of civil war and disorder begins after King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne
22 Oct 1575
Foundation of Aguascalientes (one of 32 Federal Entities of Mexico)
22 Oct 1633
Battle of Liaoluo Bay Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea
22 Oct 1746
Princeton University (NJ) received its charter
22 Oct 1797
Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute descent from a balloon in Paris
22 Oct 1844
Millerite Adventists wait for appearance of Jesus
22 Oct 1861
1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed
22 Oct 1862
Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap Tennessee
22 Oct 1867
Foundation of the National University of Colombia.
22 Oct 1868
Jacques Offenbachs opera Genevieve de Brabant premieres in NYC
22 Oct 1877
The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. Those widows and orphans who were unable to support themselves were evicted by the mine owners and likely sent to the Poor House.
22 Oct 1878
The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford between Broughton and Swinton.
22 Oct 1881
Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert
22 Oct 1883
New Yorks original Metropolitan Opera House has its grand opening with a performance of the opera Faust
22 Oct 1884
Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds NYC to determine baseball champion
22 Oct 1884
International Meridian Conference in Washington D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian
22 Oct 1885
John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players 1st baseball union
22 Oct 1895
David Belascos Heart of Maryland premieres in NYC
22 Oct 1895
In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop crosses more than 30 meters of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse
22 Oct 1899
British troops flee Dundee Natal South Africa
22 Oct 1906
3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Philadelphia
22 Oct 1907
Panic of A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock leads to US wide run on banks
22 Oct 1910
Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and was subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
22 Oct 1913
Explosion at Dawson NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers
22 Oct 1922
Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx NY named after a knight in Wagners Opera
22 Oct 1928
China expels all Russian instructors & civil servants
22 Oct 1928
ESL Robinsons Far-Off Hills premieres in Dublin
22 Oct 1928
Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus.
22 Oct 1930
1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra under Adrian Boult
22 Oct 1930
Blake & Razafs Lew Leslies Blackbirds of premieres in NYC
22 Oct 1932
Charles de Broqueville becomes premier of Belgium
22 Oct 1932
George Kaufman & Edna Ferbers Dinner at 8 premieres in NYC
22 Oct 1933
Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
22 Oct 1935
PGA Championship Mens Golf Twin Hills CC Johnny Revolta wins his only major title defeating Tommy Armour 5 & 4
22 Oct 1935
Establishment of the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union
22 Oct 1938
Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine
22 Oct 1939
NBC becomes first network to televise a pro football game Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Eagles 23-14 at Brooklyns Ebbets Field
22 Oct 1941
Maxwell Andersons Candle in the Wind premieres in NYC
22 Oct 1942
1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
22 Oct 1942
US gens Clark & Lemnitzer & French gen Mast meet secretly in Algeria
22 Oct 1944
Kuritas vice-admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo
22 Oct 1949
200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland
22 Oct 1949
Emile Zatopek runs world record 10000m (2921.2)
22 Oct 1954
West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
22 Oct 1955
WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
22 Oct 1956
France intercept Moroccan plane arrest Ben Bella
22 Oct 1956
A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi Pakistan.
22 Oct 1957
KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
22 Oct 1959
Bob Merrills musical Take Me Along opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 448 performances
22 Oct 1961
75000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium
22 Oct 1962
Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center
22 Oct 1963
225000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest
22 Oct 1963
BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes on October 22 in UK with the loss of all on board.
22 Oct 1964
EMI rejects audition by High Numbers they go on to become The Who
22 Oct 1967
Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts
22 Oct 1967
Denny Hulme becomes first New Zealander to win the F1 World Drivers Championship with 3rd place in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autdromo Hermanos Rodrguez wins title by 5 points from team leader Jack Brabham
22 Oct 1968
American swimmers sweep the medals in the womens 200m freestyle at the Mexico City Olympics Debbie Meyer takes gold in Olympic record 210.5 ahead of team mates Jan Henne and Jane Barkman
22 Oct 1969
KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM
22 Oct 1972
Oakland As 1st championship beat Reds 4 games to 3 in World Series
22 Oct 1973
Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War
22 Oct 1974
Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
22 Oct 1975
Me & Bessie opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 453 performances
22 Oct 1975
Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series
22 Oct 1975
Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus becoming the first lander to return images from the surface of another planet
22 Oct 1975
World Football League disbands after the Week 12 of their second season
22 Oct 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. The dye is still used in Canada.
22 Oct 1977
International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 & 2 launched into Earth orbit
22 Oct 1978
King of Hearts opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
22 Oct 1978
8th NYC Womens Marathon won by Grete Waitz in her first appearance in world record time 23230
22 Oct 1978
9th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 21212
22 Oct 1978
Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (23229.8)
22 Oct 1978
Laugh-ins Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession
22 Oct 1979
One Mo Time with Vernel Bagners premieres in NYC
22 Oct 1979
Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NYC for medical treatment
22 Oct 1980
New South Korean constitution comes into effect
22 Oct 1981
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
22 Oct 1981
Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle NSW v Queensland
22 Oct 1981
The founding congress of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation faction led by Hareram Sharma and D.P. Singh begins.
22 Oct 1981
The TGV railway service Paris-Lyon is inaugurated.
22 Oct 1981
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved aspartame artificial sweetener for tabletop use following years of scrutiny
22 Oct 1983
Two correctional officers are killed by inmates in Marion Illinois. The incident inspired the Supermax model of prisons.
22 Oct 1984
Paul McCartney releases Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack
22 Oct 1985
Bret Saberhagen gives KC Royals their 1st win leading to their World Series title
22 Oct 1986
Into the Light opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 6 performances
22 Oct 1987
Cabaret opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 262 performances
22 Oct 1987
Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky
22 Oct 1988
Supreme Ct Justice Sandra Day OConnor OK after breast cancer surgery
22 Oct 1988
Devil Worship Exposing Satans Underground TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera screens on US NBC newtwork
22 Oct 1989
Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open
22 Oct 1991
General Motors announces 9 month loss of US2.2 billion
22 Oct 1992
Atlanta becomes 1st US team to win a World Series game out of US
22 Oct 1992
Space Shuttle STS 52 (Columbia 13) launches into space
22 Oct 1992
Wendy Wassersteins Sisters Rosensweig premieres in NYC
22 Oct 1993
Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk
22 Oct 1994
Philadelphia Here I Come closes at Criterion NYC after 52 performances
22 Oct 1994
Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53832 km)
22 Oct 1995
Swinging On a Star opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 performances
22 Oct 1996
NY 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)
22 Oct 1997
Cleve Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games
22 Oct 1997
Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38F)
22 Oct 1997
Second longest 9 inning World Series game (412) as Marlins & Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th Mariners win 14-11
22 Oct 1997
Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon
22 Oct 1999
Maurice Papon an official in the Vichy France government during World War II is jailed for crimes against humanity.
22 Oct 2001
MLB American League Championship New York Yankees beat Seattle Mariners 4 games to 1
22 Oct 2005
Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin making the Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
22 Oct 2006
Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama
22 Oct 2006
Spanish Renault driver Fernando Alonso finishes 2nd in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autdromo Jos Carlos Pace to retain Formula 1 World Drivers Championship wins by 13 points from Michael Schumacher
22 Oct 2008
India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
22 Oct 2008
Google Play is launched the official app store for the Android operating system
22 Oct 2010
MLB American League Championship Texas Rangers beat New York Yankees 4 games to 2
22 Oct 2010
57th National Film Awards (India) Kutty Srank wins the Golden Lotus
22 Oct 2012
6 Italian scientists are convicted of manslaughter for their failure to predict the 2009 LAquila earthquake
22 Oct 2012
Hurricane Sandy forms in the Western Caribbean Sea
22 Oct 2012
MLB National League Championship San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3
22 Oct 2013
37 Boko Harem Islamist militants are killed by air and ground strikes in Nigeria
22 Oct 2013
22 security force personal are killed in attacks on military checkpoints in Anbar Province Iraq
22 Oct 2017
LA Times publishes investigation with 38 woman accusing Hollywood writer-director James Toback of sexual harassment
22 Oct 2018
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison makes a public apology to victims of child sexual abuse in institutions
22 Oct 2018
Cameroons President Paul Biya wins seventh term in office extending his 36 years in office in election marred by intimitation and low turnout
22 Oct 1929
8th French government of Aristide Briand falls
22 Oct 1933
Italian boxer Primo Carnera beats Spanish challenger Paulino Uzcudun on points in Rome Italy to retain the IBU heavyweight title
22 Oct 1968
American swimmers sweep the medals in the womens 200m freestyle at the Mexico City Olympics Debbie Meyer takes gold in Olympic record 210.5 ahead of teammates Jan Henne and Jane Barkman
22 Oct 1972
World Series Baseball Oakland As beat Reds 3-2 in Cincinnati for a 4-3 series win Athletics first Cship since 1930 and first in Oakland
22 Oct 1988
Devil Worship Exposing Satans Underground TV special hosted by Geraldo Rivera screens on NBC
22 Oct 1992
Atlanta Braves become 1st American team to win a Baseball World Series game outside of United States beat Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 in Game 5 at SkyDome in Toronto Ontario
22 Oct 1992
Wendy Wassersteins play Sisters Rosensweig premieres in NYC
22 Oct 2000
Presidents Cup Golf Robert Trent Jones GC Davis Love III Stewart Cink and Kirk Triplett are unbeaten as US outclasses International team 2110
22 Oct 2018
Cameroons President Paul Biya wins seventh term in office extending his 36 years in office in election marred by intimidation and low turnout
22 Oct 2019
UK parliament approves Brexit deal to leave the EU but rejects legislation to fast-track it to meet October 31 deadline
22 Oct 2019
US drug company Biogen claims to have created 1st drug to slow advance of Alzheimers disease called aducanumab
22 Oct 2019
Legislation for Northern Ireland legalizing same-sex marriage and abortion comes into effect
22 Oct 2019
Chilean president Sebastin Piera agrees to meet opposition leaders after 15 people killed in growing nationwide protests over living costs and inequality
22 Oct 1930
1st concert of BBC Symphony Orchestra at Queens Hall under Adrian Boult
22 Oct 1974
MLB New York Yankees trade outfielder Bobby Murcer to San Francisco Giants for outfielder Bobby Bonds
22 Oct 1984
NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires after 17 seasons
22 Oct 1987
Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebbs Cabaret opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 262 performances
22 Oct 2009
Former Uruguayan dictator Gregorio lvarez sentenced to 25 years in prison for aggravated murder of 37 Uruguayan dissidents who had fled to Argentina [1]
22 Oct 1707
Scilly Naval Disaster shipwreck of four Royal navy warships and loss of 1400 men during a storm off the Scilly Isles - will prompt 1714 British Act of Parliament competition to find longitude at sea
22 Oct 1827
German chemist Friedrich Whler is the first to isolate pure aluminium
22 Oct 1883
New Yorks original Metropolitan Opera House has its grand opening with a performance of Charles Gounods opera Faust
22 Oct 1938
Chester Carlson has 1st successful experiment in electrophotography later sold to the Haloid Company and dubbed Xerox copying
22 Oct 1942
Operation Flagpole US Major General Mark Clark & Brigadier General Lyman Lemnitzer meet Vichy French Gnral Charles Mast secretly in small fishing village of Cherchell Algeria to finalize plans for Allied Invasion of North Africa
22 Oct 1959
Bob Merrills musical Take Me Along opens at Shubert Theater NYC runs for 448 performances
22 Oct 1972
Baseball World Series Oakland As beat Reds 3-2 in Cincinnati for a 4-3 series win As first Cship since 1930 first in Oakland MVP As catcher Gene Tenace
22 Oct 1975
Me & Bessie opens at Ambassador Theater. NYC runs for 453 performances
22 Oct 1984
Future Pro Football HOF quarterback Ken Stabler retires after 17 seasons in the NFL with Oakland Raiders Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints
22 Oct 1986
John Forster and Lee Holdridges musical Into the Light starring Dean Jones opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC runs for 6 performances
22 Oct 1987
American composer John Adamss first opera Nixon in China premieres at the Houston Grand Opera in Houston Texas
22 Oct 1987
Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebbs Cabaret opens at Imperial Theater NYC runs for 262 performances
22 Oct 1997
Cleveland outfielder Marquis Grissoms World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games as Indians rout Florida 10-3 in coldest ever WS game (38F)
22 Oct 2004
Discovery and isolation of new wonder material Graphene announced in paper by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov (Nobel Prize 2010). Incredibly they used scotch tape to peal layers off Graphite. [1]
22 Oct 1913
Explosion at Stag Canyon coal mine kills 263 workers near Dawson New Mexico only 23 miners survived
22 Oct 1944
David Diamonds 2nd Symphony premieres with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
22 Oct 1948
First ArabIsraeli War Israeli Navy sinks Egyptian Navy flagship King Farouk using explosive-laden motorboat in the Mediterranean Sea near Gaza
22 Oct 1986
John Forster and Lee Holdridges musical Into the Light starring Dean Jones opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC runs for 6 performances
22 Oct 1986
WNBC-AM NYC helicopter crashes into Hudson River during a live report killing traffic reporter Jane Dornacker
22 Oct 1335
Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) becomes a Zen priest
22 Oct 1944
WWII Japanese Navy Admiral Takeo Kuritas fleet leaves North Borneo
22 Oct 1956
France intercept Moroccan plane arrest Ahmed Ben Bella
22 Oct 1958
Worlds first animated feature film in colour The Tale of the White Serpent released produced by Toei Doga Company in Japan [1]
22 Oct 2013
Lego Marvel Super Heroes first released in North America for some formats including Xbox and Wii - Legos best-selling video game
22 Oct 2020
Goldman Sachs agrees to pay record 3 billion to end probe into its role in 1MDB corruption scandal to regulators in the US UK Hong Kong Singapore and Malaysia
22 Oct 2021
Australian city of Melbourne worlds most locked down city exits its sixth lockdown after a total of 260 days
22 Oct 2022
Italy forms new coalition government choosing far-right Brothers of Italy (Fratelli dItalia - FdI) leader Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister the 1st female to hold the office [1]