What are the important events that happened on October 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 22 is the 296th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 9, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,729,555,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontahexagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 99 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,323 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 22 Historical Events
- 1844 –The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.
- 1875 –First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
- 1877 –The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
- 1883 –The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
- 1907 –Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
- 1924 –Toastmasters International is founded.
- 1934 –In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
- 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.
- 1964 –Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
- 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.
Who were born on October 22?
- 1701 –Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
- 1749 –Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch convicted bookseller(d. 1816)
- 1818 –Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
- 1917 –Joan Fontaine, American actress
- 1936 –Col. John Blashford-Snell, British explorer and author
- 1945 –Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
- 1965 –Otis Smith, American football player
- 1973 –Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
- 1975 –Martín Cardetti, Argentine footballer
- 1986 –Ștefan Radu, Romanian footballer
Who died on October 22?
- 1625 –Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
- 1708 –Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636)
- 1792 –Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
- 1935 –Sir Edward Carson, Irish Unionist opposed to Home Rule (b. 1854)
- 1941 –Guy Môquet, French hero of the resistance(executed)(b. 1924)
- 1952 –Ernst Rüdin, Swiss nazi physician (b. 1874)
- 1954 –Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
- 1969 –Tommy Edwards, American singer (b. 1922)
- 1992 –Red Barber, American sportscaster (b. 1908)
- 2006 –Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
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