About October 22
October 22, 2023 is the 295th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Libra is the sun 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 111 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 22
- 1383 –The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, sparking a period of civil war and disorder.
- 1707 –Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown.
- 1746 –The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
- 1784 –Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
- 1836 –Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
- 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.
- 1859 –Spain declares war on Morocco.
- 1878 –The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
- 1879 –Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).
- 1927 –Nikola Tesla exposed his six (6) new inventions including motor with onephase electricity
- 1928 –Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
- 1963 –A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
- 1964 –Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.
- 1964 –Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
- 1968 –Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
- 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.
- 1981 –The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
- 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.
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