October 22

Events

Pre-1600

• 451 – The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 794 – Japanese Emperor Kanmu relocates his empire's capital to Heian-kyō (now Kyoto).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 906 – Abbasid general Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives.Template:Sfn
• 1383 – The male line of the Portuguese House of Burgundy becomes extinct with the death of King Fernando, leaving only his daughter Beatrice. Rival claimants begin a period of civil war and disorder.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1721 – The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref>
• 1724 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul) in Leipzig on the 20th Sunday after Trinity, based on the communion hymn of the same name.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1730 – Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed in Russia.<ref name="nezhikhovsky">Нежиховский Р.А. Река Нева. 3-е изд. Leningrad: Гидрометеоиздат, 1973 (in Russian). p. 158.</ref>
• 1739 – The War of Jenkins' Ear begins with the first attack on La Guaira.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1790 – Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1797 – André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from Template:Convert above Paris.<ref name="soden">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1836 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1844 – The Millerites (followers of Baptist preacher William Miller) anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day becomes known as the Great Disappointment.<ref name="amazingdiscoveries.org">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1859 – Spain declares war on Morocco.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1866 – A plebiscite ratifies the annexation of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before on October 19.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1877 – The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1879 – Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb; the bulb lasted 13Template:Frac hours before burning out.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1883 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Charles Gounod's Faust.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1884 – The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1895 – In Paris, an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost Template:Convert of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling Template:Convert to the road below.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

1901–present

• 1907 – A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1923 – The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1934 – In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill the notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.<ref name=":1" />
• 1936 – Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Subscription required</ref>
• 1941 – World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.<ref name=":3" />
• 1943 – World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the British Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1946 – Over twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their families and equipment.<ref name="russiaspaceweb.com">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Uhl">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.<ref name="upi">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1963 – A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1964 – Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – The US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1987 – John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1992 – Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.<ref name="STS52Archive">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero Palo, in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland during his prison escape.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season.<ref name="public2">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2008 – India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013 – The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.<ref name="Hansard22Oct">Template:Cite Hansard</ref>
• 2014 – Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="macleans-20141230">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2019 – Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 955 – Qian Weijun, king of Wuyue (died 991)<ref name="SGCQ81">Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms, vol. 81.</ref><ref name="AS">Academia Sinica Chinese Western-Calendar Converter.</ref>
• 1071 – William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (died 1126)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1197 – Juntoku, Japanese emperor (died 1242)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1511 – Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1553)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1587 – Joachim Jungius, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1657)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1592 – Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (died 1657)<ref name=":04">Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1659 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German chemist and physician (died 1734)<ref>Stahl's date of birth is often given erroneously as 1660. The correct date is recorded in the parish register of St. John's church, Ansbach. See Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1689 – John V, Portuguese king (died 1750)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1701 – Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress (died 1756)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1729 – Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor and botanist (died 1798)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1749 – Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch historian and bookseller (died 1816)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1778 – Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist and politician (died 1848)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1781 – Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (died 1789)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1783 – Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist (died 1840)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1809 – Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and statesman, Texas Attorney General (died 1889)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1811 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1886)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1818 – Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author (died 1894)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1821 – Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman (died 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1832 – August Labitzky, Czech composer and conductor (died 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1843 – James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (died 1916)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1844 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and manager (died 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1844 – Louis Riel, Canadian Métis scholar and politician (died 1885)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1847 – Koos de la Rey, South African Boer general (died 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1850 – Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (died 1908)<ref name="adb2">Template:Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1858 – Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1921)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1859 – Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (died 1949)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1865 – Borghild Holmsen, Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (died 1938)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1865 – Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1943)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1870 – Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)<ref>Template:Cite Britannica</ref>
• 1870 – Lord Alfred Douglas, English author and poet (died 1945)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1873 – Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (died 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1873 – Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator (died 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1875 – Théodore Monbeig, French Catholic missionary and botanist (died 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1875 – David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician (died 1962)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1881 – Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1881 – Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (died 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1882 – Edmund Dulac, French-English illustrator (died 1953)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1882 – N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (died 1945)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1885 – Giovanni Martinelli, Italian tenor and actor (died 1969)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1886 – Erik Bergman, Swedish minister (died 1970)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1887 – John Reed, American journalist and poet (died 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1893 – Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1893 – Luis Otero, Spanish footballer (died 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1894 – Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer (died 1961)<ref>Template:Cite Britannica</ref>
• 1895 – Johnny Morrison, professional baseball player (died 1966)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1896 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (died 1988)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1896 – José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright (died 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1897 – Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (died 1958)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1898 – Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist (died 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1899 – Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter (died 1975)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1903 – George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Curly Howard, American comedian and vaudevillian (died 1952)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – Constance Bennett, American actress, singer, and producer (died 1965)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – Saúl Calandra, Argentine football player (died 1973)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer (died 1950)<ref>Template:Cite Britannica</ref>
• 1905 – Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (died 1969)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer and educator (died 1970)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Aurelio Baldor, Cuban mathematician and lawyer (died 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1907 – Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (died 1967)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1907 – Günther Treptow, German tenor (died 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1908 – John Gould, American journalist and author (died 2003)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1908 – José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist (died 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Robert Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and journalist (died 1954)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (died 1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – Yitzhak Shamir, Belarusian-Israeli civil servant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1917 – Joan Fontaine, English-American actress (died 2013)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1918 – Lou Klein, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1976)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1919 – Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1920 – Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (died 1996)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1921 – Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1921 – Aleksandr Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (died 1986)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1921 – Harald Nugiseks, Estonian sergeant (died 2014)<ref name="kultuur2011">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Bert Trautmann, German footballer and coach (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (died 2008)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1927 – Allan Hendrickse, South African minister and politician (died 2005)<ref>Allan Hendrickse dies suddenly. Template:Webarchive News24, 16 March 2005.</ref>
• 1928 – Clare Fischer, American pianist, composer and arranger (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1928 – Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, English director and producer (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (died 1990)<ref name="britannica">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1930 – Estela de Carlotto, Argentine human rights activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – José Guardiola, Spanish singer (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – Ann Rule, American police officer and author (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Carlos Alberto Sacheri, Argentine philosopher and martyr (died 1974)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and manager (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – Donald McIntyre, New Zealand opera singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – John Blashford-Snell, English soldier, author, and explorer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Peter Cook, English architect and academic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Bobby Seale, American political activist and author, co-founder of the Black Panther Party<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1937 – Alan Ladd Jr., American film producer and executive (died 2022)<ref name=Barnes>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1937 – José Larralde, Argentine singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (died 1982)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – K. Indrapala, Sri Lankan historian and academic<ref name="Arumugam">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1938 – Derek Jacobi, English actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1938 – Christopher Lloyd, American actor, comedian and producer<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1939 – Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – George Cohen, English footballer (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (died 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="AP" />
• 1941 – Charles Keating, English-American actor (died 2014)<ref name="Independent">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1942 – Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (died 2013)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1942 – Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican wrestler (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Allen Coage, American-Canadian wrestler and coach (died 2007)<ref name="OWOW">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Catherine E. Coulson, American actress (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Jan de Bont, Dutch director, producer, and cinematographer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Catherine Deneuve, French actress and singer<ref name="AP" />
• 1943 – Seif Sharif Hamad, Zanzibari politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Zanzibar (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Eddie Brigati, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
• 1945 – Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and game show host<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Sheila Sherwood, English long jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Michael Stoute, Barbadian-English horse trainer<ref name="ntra">Sir Michael Stoute: NTRA Profile Template:Webarchive, ntra.com, retrieved 20 February 2010.</ref>
• 1945 – Leslie West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1946 – Claude Charron, Canadian educator and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Godfrey Chitalu, Zambian footballer (died 1993)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1946 – Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and author<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1946 – Elizabeth Connell, South African mezzo-soprano (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Kelvin MacKenzie, English journalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Jaime Nebot, Ecuadorian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Raymond Bachand, Canadian lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1947 – Haley Barbour, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1947 – Adam Gondvi, Indian poet (died 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Mike Hendrick, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1948 – Debbie Macomber, American author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Employment (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Manfred Trojahn, German flute player, composer, and conductor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – Arsène Wenger, French footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Donald Ramotar, Guyanese politician, 8th President of Guyana<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1952 – Julie Dash, American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1952 – Jeff Goldblum, American actor and producer<ref name="AP" />
• 1953 – René Arce Islas, Mexican politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Graham Joyce, English author and educator (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1955 – John Adam, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Alejandro Kuropatwa, Argentine photographer (died 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Henry Lauterbach, German jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Bobby Blotzer, American drummer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (died 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Marc Shaiman, American composer and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Darryl Jenifer, American bass player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Cris Kirkwood, American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" />
• 1961 – Barbara Potter, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" />
• 1963 – Brian Boitano, American figure skater<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1964 – Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (died 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – TobyMac, American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" />
• 1965 – Sumito Estévez, Venezuelan chef<ref name="excess">Quintana, Marsolaire. Sumito Estevez and ginger to taste. Excess Magazine. 2 April 2003, issue number 34.</ref>
• 1965 – Valeria Golino, Italian actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1965 – John Wesley Harding, English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
• 1965 – A. L. Kennedy, Scottish comedian, journalist, and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Otis Smith, American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Piotr Wiwczarek, Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Yuri Arbachakov, Russian-Japanese boxer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Maelo Ruiz, New York City-born Puerto Rican Salsa romántica singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Oona King, Baroness King of Bow, British business executive and politician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1967 – Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (died 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Carlos Mencia, Honduran-American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
• 1967 – Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Stephanie Cutter, American lawyer and political consultant<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Shelby Lynne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
• 1968 – Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Shaggy, Jamaican singer-songwriter and DJ<ref name="AP" />
• 1969 – Julio Borges, Venezuelan politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Spike Jonze, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
• 1969 – Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Coque Malla, Spanish musician and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Javier Milei, Argentine politician and economist, President of Argentina<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1971 – Amanda Coetzer, South African tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Kornél Dávid, Hungarian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – José Manuel Martínez, Spanish runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Jennifer Lee, American filmmaker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Saffron Burrows, English-American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1973 – D'Lo Brown, American wrestler<ref name="OWW">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Carmen Ejogo, English actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1973 – Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer and manager<ref name="Profile2">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1973 – Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1973 – Mark van der Zijden, Dutch swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Tim Kinsella, American singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Miroslav Šatan, Slovak ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Martín Cardetti, Argentinian footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1975 – Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer<ref name="Profile">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1976 – Luke Adams, Australian race walker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Owais Shah, Pakistani-English cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Jannero Pargo, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Niall Breslin, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Luke O'Donnell, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Michael Fishman, American actor and producer<ref name="AP" />
• 1982 – Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Heath Miller, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Darren O'Day, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Mark Renshaw, Australian cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Byul, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Plan B, British singer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Aleks Marić, Australian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Antti Pihlström, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Chancellor, South Korean-American musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Kyle Gallner, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Ștefan Radu, Romanian footballer<ref name="RS">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1987 – Tiki Gelana, Ethiopian runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Donny Montell, Lithuanian singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Park Ha-sun, South Korean actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Sarah Barrow, English diver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Parineeti Chopra, Indian actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1988 – Corey Hawkins, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1989 – JPEGMafia, American rapper and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Muhammad Wilkerson, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1990 – David Savard, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – 21 Savage, British-American rapper<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1992 – Sofia Vassilieva, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1993 – Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Corbin Burnes, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – B.I, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer<ref>Template:Cite interview</ref>
• 1996 – Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian ski runner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Jan Köstering, German politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Roddy Ricch, American rapper<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1999 – Geraldo Perdomo, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Baby Keem, American rapper and record producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Brian Branch, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Jo Yu-ri, South Korean singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 726 – Itzamnaaj K'awiil, a Maya ruler of Dos Pilas<ref>Itzamnaaj Kʼawiil of Dos Pilas Template:Webarchive at Mesoweb.</ref>
• 741 – Charles Martel, Frankish political and military leader (born 688)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 842 – Abo, Japanese prince (born 792)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1383 – Ferdinand I of Portugal, Portuguese king (born 1345)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1493 – James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, Scottish earl (born 1426)<ref name="SPIV355">The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. VI, ed. Sir James Balfour Paul, Volume VI (Edinburgh: David Douglas. 1909). p. 355</ref>
• 1565 – Jean Grolier de Servières, French book collector (born 1479)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1604 – Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (born 1528)<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1626 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (born 1561)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1708 – Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1636)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 1751 – William IV, Prince of Orange (born 1711)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1792 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (born 1725)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1853 – Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan revolutionary general and politician, President of Uruguay (born 1784)<ref name=":03">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1859 – Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (born 1784)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1883 – George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1856)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1883 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish British novelist and soldier (born 1818)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1885 – Lewis Majendie, English politician (born 1835)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1891 – Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (born 1846)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1902 – Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (born 1817)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (born 1839)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (born 1866)<ref name="data">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1917 – Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (born 1863)<ref name="ADP">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1917 – Charles Pardey Lukis, founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (born 1857)<ref name="Obit">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1928 – Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)<ref name="adb">Template:Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1934 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (born 1904)<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1854)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1935 – Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (born 1847)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1941 – Guy Môquet, French militant (born 1924)<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1952 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (born 1874)<ref>Julian Schwarz, Burkhart Brückner: Biography of Ernst Rüdin in: Biographical Archive of Psychiatry (BIAPSY), 2016</ref>
• 1954 – Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (born 1899)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1956 – Hannah Mitchell, English activist (born 1872)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1959 – Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (born 1891)<ref name="dec">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1965 – Muriel George, English singer and actress (born 1883)<ref name=":02">England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.</ref>
• 1972 – James K. Baxter, New Zealand poet, writer, theologian, and social commentator. (born 1926)<ref name="DNZB">Template:DNZB</ref>
• 1973 – Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (born 1876)<ref name="death">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1979 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (born 1887)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1979 – Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and author (born 1914)<ref>"『遍歴』 Henreki ("My Journey"　in Japanese)", Mieko Kamiya, 2005, p.347, Template:ISBN</ref>
• 1982 – Richard Hugo, American poet of the Pacific Northwest (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (born 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Jane Dornacker, American musician, comedian, and reporter (born 1947)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1986 – Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian guitarist and composer (born 1943)<ref name="snl">Template:Cite web Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian)</ref>
• 1986 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (born 1897)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1986 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (born 1919)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1988 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and playwright (born 1915)<ref name="Oxford">Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
• 1989 – Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim (born 1978)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Hachiro Kasuga, Japanese singer and actor (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Red Barber, American sportscaster (born 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Cleavon Little, American actor (born 1939)<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Innes Ireland, English racing driver and engineer (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic (born 1922)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1995 – Mary Wickes, American actress and singer (born 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2002 – Geraldine of Albania, Hungarian noblewoman and Queen of Albania (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Tony Adams, Irish-American actor and producer (born 1953)<ref name="Saxon">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (born 1922)<ref name="Martin">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (born 1904)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2009 – Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2009 – Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2011 – Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1930)<ref name="nyt1023">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Mike Morris, English talk show host (born 1946)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (born 1941)<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Marylou Dawes, Canadian pianist and educator (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2013 – Lajos Für, Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013 – William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – George Francis, English footballer and soldier (born 1934)<ref name="Chapman">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (born 1934)<ref name="NYTobit">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (born 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (born 1922)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2015 – Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (born 1926)<ref name="nytimesobit">Template:Cite news Note: DC Comics gives death date as October 23 in Template:Cite press release</ref>
• 2015 – Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (born 1945)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975)<ref name="military">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Steve Dillon, British comic book artist (born 1962)<ref name="CBRObit">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Sheri S. Tepper, American writer (born 1929)<ref name="stunning">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – Peter Scolari, American actor (born 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (born 1941)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Grizzly 399, American grizzly bear (born 1996)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Lynda Obst, American film producer and author (born 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1960)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Abercius of Hieropolis<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Cordula of Cologne<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Donatus of Fiesole<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Mellonius<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Nunilo and Alodia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Pope John Paul II<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Stuttering Awareness Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto, Japan)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Bibliography

• Template:The History of al-Tabari

External links

• Template:Cite web
• Template:NYT On this day
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