October 22

Friday 22, 1999:

Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.

Monday 22, 1990:

1990 - Suraj the great was born.

Sunday 22, 1989:

Jacob Wetterling is abducted in St. Joseph, Minnesota.

Wednesday 22, 1986:

U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law.

Thursday 22, 1981:

The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.

Friday 22, 1976:

Red dye #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.

Wednesday 22, 1975:

Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, is given a general discharge after appearing in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline (printed in all uppercase) "I Am A Homosexual."

Sunday 22, 1972:

Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris. Thieu rejects the proposal and accused the United States of conspiring to undermine his regime

Tuesday 22, 1968:

Hard rock band Led Zeppelin release the classic album Led Zeppelin II, featuring the hit single "Whole Lotta Love."

Saturday 22, 1966:

The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).

Thursday 22, 1964:

Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.

Monday 22, 1962:

Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy announces that American spy planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation.

Tuesday 22, 1957:

Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.

Monday 22, 1956:

A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan.

Thursday 22, 1953:

Laos gains independence from France.

Friday 22, 1943:

Kassel: RAF conducts an air raid on the city of 236,000 people, killing 10,000, rendering 150,000 homeless. Second firestorm raid in Germany

Monday 22, 1934:

In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.

Wednesday 22, 1924:

Toastmasters International is founded.

Saturday 22, 1910:

Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and was subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.

Tuesday 22, 1907:

Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.

Monday 22, 1883:

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust (opera).

Tuesday 22, 1878:

The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.

Tuesday 22, 1844:

The Great Disappointment: the second coming of Jesus and the end of the World failed to take place, despite the predictions of William Miller, disillusioning many adherents of Millerism.

Saturday 22, 1836:

Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.

Sunday 22, 1797:

One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.

Saturday 22, 1746:

The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

Wednesday 22, 1575:

Foundation of Aguascalientes.

Wednesday 22, 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.

Monday 22, 362:

The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch is destroyed in a mysterious fire.

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