Historical Events In October - 22

1963  225,000 students boycott Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest on this day in history.  

1963  225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest on this day in history.  

1964  EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who on this day in history.  

1965  Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered at 42 on October - 22.  

1966  On October - 22 uSSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon  

1966  Hewlett Johnson, Red Deacon of Canterbury, dies on October - 22.  

1967  On October - 22 17th Ryder Cup: US wins 23½-8½ at Champions Golf Club (Houston, Texas, US)  

1968  On this day in history apollo 7 returns to Earth  

1969  On October - 22 giovanni Martinelli, Ital opera singer (NY Met), dies on 84th birthday  

1970  René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered on October - 22.  

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1972  Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies on this day in history.  

1973  Security Council Resolution 338 -c ease fire to the Yom Kippur War on October - 22.  

1973  Pablo Casals, Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, dies at 96 on October - 22.  

1975  On October - 22 soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus  

1975  On October - 22 world Football League disbands  

1975  On October - 22 arnold Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist, dies at 86  

1977  On October - 22 international Sun-Earth Explorers 1 & 2 launched into Earth orbit  

1978  Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession on this day in history.  

1979  Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment on this day in history.  

1979  On October - 22 ousted Shah of Iran arrives in New York for cancer treatment  

1979  On this day in history walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest  

1979  Jesse Bishop, murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber on October - 22.  

1980  On October - 22 new South Korean constitution comes into effect  

1981  On October - 22 professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified  

1981  US national debt tops $1 trillion on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana), dies  

1984  On October - 22 harold Laurence Walters, composer, dies at 66  

1986  On October - 22 albert Szent-Gyorgyi, bio-chemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937), dies at 93  

1987  On October - 22 lino Ventura, Italian/French actor (Medusa touch), dies at 68  

1988  Elton John sells out Madison Square Gardens for a record 26th time on this day in history.  

1989  Roland Winters, actor (Jet Pilot, Meet Millie), dies at 84 on October - 22.  

1991  On October - 22 general Motors announces 9 month loss of $2.2 billion  

1991  Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies on this day in history.  

1992  On October - 22 cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies of colon cancer at 53  

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1071  On this day in history birth of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (d. 1126)  

1197  On this day in history birth of emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)  

1592  Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657) was born on this day in history.  

1686  Georg Balthasar Schott, composer was born on this day in history.  

1688  Nadir Shah of Persia (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.  

1689  On this day in history birth of king John V of Portugal (d. 1750)  

1698  Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer was born on October - 22.  

1701  Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756) was born on this day in history.  

0741  Charles Martel, ruler of the Franks, dies at 63 on October - 22.  

1383  Ferdinand I, the wise, king of Portugal, dies on October - 22.  

1494  On this day in history gian Galeazzo, Italian duke of Milan (1476-94), dies  

1565  On this day in history death of jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)  

1613  Death of Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer on this day in history.  

1625  Death of Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561) on October - 22.  

1651  On this day in history jacob Praetorius, composer, dies at 65  

1674  Death of Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621) on October - 22.