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On this dayOctober 22

Through history53 events, 232 births and 93 deaths in Wikipedia's lists for the date

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A hundred years before

The front pages of October 22, 1926

What 69 American newspapers printed that day, as the Library of Congress keeps them.

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The front page of Palisadian, Cliffside Park, N.J., October 22, 1926PalisadianCliffside Park, N.J.Read it, zoom in, mark it →
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All 69 front pages at the Library of Congress ↗From Chronicling America. Public domain: in the Library's words, newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

What happened

On October 22

The anniversaries Wikipedia's editors chose for the date, oldest first.

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  1. 2137 BC4,162 years ago

    A solar eclipse occurred over China, one of the earliest recorded eclipses in history. · 22nd century BC · Solar eclipse of October 22, 2137 BC

  2. 9061,120 years ago

    Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh, an Abbasid military officer of Turkic origin, led a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking at least 4,000 captives. · Abbasid Caliphate · Turkic peoples

  3. 1633393 years ago

    At the Battle of Liaoluo Bay Ming Chinese naval forces defeated a Dutch East India Company fleet in the Taiwan Strait, the largest naval encounter between Chinese and European forces before the First Opium War more than two hundred years later. · Ming dynasty

  4. 1707319 years ago

    In one of the worst maritime disasters in the history of the British Isles, at least 1,400 sailors on four Royal Navy ships were lost in stormy weather off the Isles of Scilly. · List of maritime disasters · Scilly naval disaster of 1707

  5. 1724302 years ago

    J. S. Bach led the first performance of the chorale cantata Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul), based on the communion hymn of the same name, in Leipzig. · Johann Sebastian Bach · Chorale cantata cycle

    Photo: Elias Gottlob HaussmannPublic domain
  6. 1727299 years ago

    George II and Caroline of Ansbach (pictured) were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey. · George II of Great Britain · Coronation of George II and Caroline

    Photo: Thomas HudsonPublic domain
  7. 1740286 years ago

    A two-week massacre of ethnic Chinese in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, came to an end with at least 10,000 people killed. · 1740 Batavia massacre · History of Jakarta

    Photo: author on the file pagePublic domain
  8. 1877149 years ago

    Scotland's worst mining accident occurred when an explosion at a colliery in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, killed 207 miners. · Blantyre mining disaster · Coal mining

  9. 1895131 years ago

    At Gare Montparnasse in Paris, an express train derailed after overrunning the buffer stop and crashed through the station wall (pictured). · Montparnasse derailment

    Photo: Chris SampsonCC BY 2.0
  10. 1907119 years ago

    A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations, triggering the Panic of 1907 (pictured).

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  11. 1924102 years ago

    The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California.

  12. 193690 years ago

    The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service. · Royal Navy cutlasses

  13. 193690 years ago

    Dod Orsborne, captain of the fishing trawler Girl Pat, was convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.

  14. 194086 years ago

    After evading Vichy French and Francoist Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile. · Vichy France · Francoist Spain

  15. 194581 years ago

    Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months. · 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike

    Photo: Brian StansberryCC BY 3.0
  16. 196462 years ago

    The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously.

  17. 196660 years ago

    With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, the Supremes became the first all-female group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart. · Billboard 200

  18. 198739 years ago

    John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered.

  19. 198937 years ago

    TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport, killing 131 out of 146 people onboard.

  20. 200521 years ago

    Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board. · Bellview Airlines Flight 210

    Photo: Accident Investigation BureauPublic domain
  21. 201412 years ago

    In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill. · Downtown Ottawa · 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill

    Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Arctic.gnome assumed (based on…CC BY 2.5
  22. 201511 years ago

    A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack. · 2015 Trollhättan school attack

    Photo: CCTVPD
All 53 events Wikipedia lists for October 22, by year

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Born

On October 22

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. 1844Sarah BernhardtFrench actress and manager (died 1923)194 languagesPhoto: Napoleon SaronyPublic domain
  2. 1919Doris LessingBritish novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)134 languagesPhoto: Doris_lessing_20060312_(jha).jpg : Elke Wetzig ( elya ) derivative…CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 1811Franz LisztHungarian pianist and composer (died 1886)127 languagesPhoto: Herman BiowPublic domain
  1. 1870Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)125
  2. 1943Catherine Deneuve, French actress and singer93
  3. 1949Arsène Wenger, French footballer and manager93
  4. 1970Javier Milei, Argentine politician and economist, President of Argentina90
  5. 1929Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (died 1990)88
  6. 1881Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)83
  7. 1917Joan Fontaine, English-American actress (died 2013)77
  8. 1952Jeff Goldblum, American actor and producer75
  9. 1915Yitzhak Shamir, Belarusian-Israeli civil servant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2012)73
  10. 1913Robert Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and journalist (died 1954)64
  11. 1920Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (died 1996)63
  12. 1938Christopher Lloyd, American actor, comedian and producer63
  13. 1967Carlos Mencia, Honduran-American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter63
  14. 1818Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author (died 1894)60
  15. 1903George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)60
  16. 1913Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (died 1997)58
  17. 1939Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique58
  18. 1964Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (died 1993)58
  19. 1973Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player57
  20. 1921Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)55
  21. 1887John Reed, American journalist and poet (died 1920)52
Everyone else born on October 22: 208 more, by year

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Died

On October 22

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. 1906Paul CézanneFrench painter (born 1839)139 languages
  2. 741Charles MartelFrankish political and military leader (born 688)86 languagesPhoto: author on the file pagePublic domain
  3. 1986Albert Szent-GyörgyiHungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)83 languagesPhoto: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 74535 : Adományozó/Donor: Semmelweis Egyetem…CC BY-SA 3.0
  1. 1990Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1918)76
  2. 1973Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (born 1876)64
  3. 1995Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic (born 1922)60
  4. 1979Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (born 1887)56
  5. 1883Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish British novelist and soldier (born 1818)51
  6. 1383Ferdinand I of Portugal, Portuguese king (born 1345)49
  7. 1928Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)47
  8. 1987Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (born 1919)47
  9. 2007Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (born 1904)46
  10. 2024Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (born 1928)43
  11. 1859Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (born 1784)40
  12. 1751William IV, Prince of Orange (born 1711)38
  13. 1986Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (born 1897)37
  14. 2011Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1930)37
  15. 2017Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932)32
  16. 1792Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (born 1725)30
  17. 2002Geraldine of Albania, Hungarian noblewoman and Queen of Albania (born 1915)29
  18. 2005Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (born 1928)29
  19. 1917Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (born 1863)26
  20. 2002Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1913)26
  21. 1853Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan revolutionary general and politician, President of Uruguay (born 1784)24
Everyone else died on October 22: 69 more, by year

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Observed

On October 22

Holidays, feast days and observances, as Wikipedia lists them for the date.

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Christian feast day

Events, births, deaths and observances are Wikipedia's On this day for October 22, in its editors' words (CC BY-SA 4.0); the counts of languages are Wikidata's (CC0). Dates are the UTC day, as Wikipedia keeps them. Discover brings one of these at a time.