On this day in history October 22nd. Can you name the people in the pictures? 362 - The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire. 794 - Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto). 1335 - Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest 1383 - The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: A period of civil war and disorder began when King Fernando died without a male heir to the Portuguese throne. 1575 - Foundation of Aguascalientes (one of 32 Federal Entities of Mexico) 1633 - Ming dynasty fight with Dutch East India Company that Battle of southern Fujian sea (1633), Ming dynasty won great victory. 1708 - Great Alliance occupies Rijsel Russian Tsar Peter the GreatRussian Tsar Peter the Great 1721 - Czar Peter the Great becomes All-Russian Imperator 1746 - Princeton University (NJ) received its charter 1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute descent from a balloon (Paris) 1799 - Russia leaves second anti-French Coalition 1812 - Duke of Wellington seizes Burgos, Spain 1819 - 1st ship sails by Erie-channel (Rome-Utica) 1836 - Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected pres of Republic of Texas 1844 - Millerite Adventists wait for appearance of Jesus 1861 - 1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed 1862 - Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory 1862 - Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee 1866 - Paraguay: Battle of Curupaytí against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. 1867 - Foundation of the National University of Colombia. 1868 - Jacques Offenbachs opera Genevieve de Brabant premieres in NYC 1875 - Sons of American Revolution organizes 1875 - First telegraphic connection in Argentina. 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. 1878 - The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton. Inventor Thomas EdisonInventor Thomas Edison 1879 - Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb 1881 - Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert 1883 - 1st NY Horse Show held (Madison Sq Garden) 1883 - Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust) 1884 - General Gordon receives letter of Mahdi 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 1884 - The International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, USA adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian 1885 - John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union 1895 - David Belascos Heart of Maryland premieres in NYC 1895 - In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse. 1897 - Worlds first car dealer opens in London 1899 - British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa 1904 - Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship 1906 - 3000 blacks demonstrate & riot in Phila 1907 - Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus 1907 - Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression. 1910 - Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and was subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London. 1913 - Explosion at Dawson NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers 1922 - Lucerne Street in Bronx named 1922 - Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagners Opera 1924 - Toastmasters International is founded. Magician & Escape Artist Harry HoudiniMagician & Escape Artist Harry Houdini 1926 - J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal. 1928 - China expels all Russian instructors & civil servants 1928 - ESL Robinsons Far-Off Hills premieres in Dublin 1928 - Herbert Hoover speaks of American system of rugged individualism 1928 - Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. 1929 - French government of Briand falls 1929 - James H Scullin forms Australia government 1930 - 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult 1930 - Blake & Razafs Lew Leslies Blackbirds of 1930 premieres in NYC 31st US President Herbert Hoover31st US President Herbert Hoover 1930 - SC Genemuiden soccer team forms 1932 - Charles de Broqueville becomes premier of Belgium 1932 - George Kaufman & Edna Ferbers Dinner at 8 premieres in NYC 1933 - Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1934 - In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. 1935 - 18th PGA Championship: Johnny Revolta at Twin Hills CC Oklahoma City 1935 - Establishment of the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. 1936 - 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii 1938 - Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine 1939 - 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers 1941 - Maxwell Andersons Candle in the Wind premieres in NYC 1942 - 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland 1942 - US gens Clark & Lemnitzer & French gen Mast meet secretly in Algeria 1944 - Kuritas vice-admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo 1946 - 2 British ships sink near Albania 1948 - Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel 1949 - 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland 1949 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2) 1950 - LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27 1951 - Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed 1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1953 - Laos gains full independence from France 1954 - West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1955 - WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 - France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella 1956 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 - A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan. 1957 - Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany 1957 - KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast 1959 - Bob Merrills musical Take Me Along opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 448 performances 1961 - 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium 1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Golf Civitan 35th US President John F. Kennedy35th US President John F. Kennedy 1962 - JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 1962 - JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 1962 - JFK receives Ugandan premier Milton Obote 1962 - Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1963 - 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest 1963 - BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes on October 22 in UK with the loss of all on board. 1964 - EMI rejects audition by High Numbers; they go on to become The Who 1964 - French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize Writer Jean-Paul SartreWriter Jean-Paul Sartre 1964 - US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg, Miss 1966 - USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon 1966 - Ice hockey legend Bobby Orr scores his first career goal (vs Montreal Canadiens) 1967 - 17th Ryder Cup: US wins 23½-8½ at Champions Golf Club (Houston, Texas, US) 1967 - Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts 1967 - Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of As by Charlie Finley 1967 - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA Carlsbad Jaycee Golf Open 1968 - Apollo 7 returns to Earth Ice Hockey Legend Bobby OrrIce Hockey Legend Bobby Orr 1969 - KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM 1969 - Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death 1971 - USSR performs nuclear test 1972 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic 1972 - Oakland As 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in World Series 1973 - Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon 1973 - Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War 1974 - Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds 1975 - Me & Bessie opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 453 performances LPGA Golfer Betsy RawlsLPGA Golfer Betsy Rawls 1975 - Cin Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series 1975 - Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus 1975 - Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna 1975 - World Football League disbands after the Week 12 of their second season 1976 - Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 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. 1977 - International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 & 2 launched into Earth orbit NBA Small Forward Rick BarryNBA Small Forward Rick Barry 1978 - King of Hearts opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances 1978 - 8th NYC Womens Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30 1978 - 9th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12 1978 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs 1978 - Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8) 1978 - Laugh-ins Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession 1978 - Pope John Paul II is inaugurated as Pope 1979 - One Mo Time with Vernel Bagners premieres in NYC 1979 - Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment 264th Pope John Paul II264th Pope John Paul II 1979 - Walt Disney Worlds 100-millionth guest 1980 - 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium 1980 - New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1981 - Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified 1981 - Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW v Queensland 1981 - US national debt tops $1 trillion 1981 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1981 - The founding congress of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation faction led by Hareram Sharma and D.P. Singh begins. 1981 - The TGV railway service Paris-Lyon is inaugurated. 1982 - Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels 1983 - Two correctional officers are killed by inmates in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspired the Supermax model of prisons. 1984 - NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney 1984 - Paul McCartney releases Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack 1985 - Bret Saberhagen gives KC Royals their 1st win leading to their World Series title 1986 - Into the Light opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 6 performances 1987 - Cabaret opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 262 performances 1987 - Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky 1988 - Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time 1988 - Supreme Ct Justice Sandra Day OConnor OK after breast cancer surgery 1989 - Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open Singer Elton JohnSinger Elton John 1989 - Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia 1991 - General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion 1992 - Atlanta, becomes 1st US team to win a World Series game out of US 1992 - Space Shuttle STS 52 (Columbia 13) launches into space 1992 - Wendy Wassersteins Sisters Rosensweig premieres in NYC 1993 - Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk 1994 - Philadelphia, Here I Come closes at Criterion NYC after 52 perfs 1994 - Statue of Sam Houston unveiled in Texas 1994 - Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km) 1995 - Swinging On a Star opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 perfs 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) 1997 - Cleve Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games 1997 - Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38°F) Magazine Publisher Larry FlyntMagazine Publisher Larry Flynt 1997 - Larry Flynt sells Hustler in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati 1997 - Yahoo completes purchase of Four11 1997 - NY Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconcious & gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her 1997 - 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins & Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11 1997 - Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon 1999 - Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity. NHL Goalie Grant FuhrNHL Goalie Grant Fuhr 1999 - NHL goaltender Grant Fuhr wins his 400th career game (vs Florida Panthers) 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. 2006 - A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama. 2008 - India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1. 2012 - 6 Italian scientists are convicted of manslaughter for their failure to predict the 2009 LAquila earthquake 2012 - Hurricane Sandy forms in the Western Caribbean Sea 2013 - 37 Boko Harem Islamist militants are killed by air and ground strikes in Nigeria 2013 - 22 security force personal are killed in attacks on military checkpoints in Anbar Province, Iraq
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