Browse events, births, deaths and holidays on October 22 throughout history.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Northern Ireland since 13 January 2020, following the enactment of the Northern Ireland Act 2019. The first marriage ceremony took place on 11 …
Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland…
On 22 October 2015, a mass stabbing occurred at Kronan Primary School in Trollhättan, Sweden. 21-year-old Anton Lundin Pettersson killed three people and wounded another two with …
Anton Lundin Pettersson attacks a school in Trollhättan, killing three people and injuring two others.
The 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill occurred on 22 October 2014, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a Canadian soldier, and reservist on ceremonial sentry du…
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938, is an internal territory of Australia. Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is situa…
The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the…
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from …
Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.
The physical exploration of the Moon began when Luna 2, a space probe launched by the Soviet Union, made a deliberate impact on the surface of the Moon on 14 September, 1959. Prio…
India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1.
The Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base, code-named Operation Ellaalan, was a commando raid conducted on SLAF Anuradhapura an Air Force Base in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka by the Libe…
A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this…
The Panama Canal expansion project, also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new traffic lane, enabling more ships to trans…
A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.
Tropical Storm Alpha was the 23rd tropical storm of the extremely active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed from Tropical Depression Twenty-Five in the eastern Caribbean…
Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic…
Bellview Airlines Flight 210 was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight of a Boeing 737-200 airliner from Lagos to Abuja, operated by Lagos-based Bellview Airlines. On 22 …
Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
Maurice Papon was a French civil servant, mass murderer and Nazi collaborator who was convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the occupation of France. Papon led the…
Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
Steen Viktor Christensen is a Danish criminal, who was sentenced in Denmark in 1992 to twelve years in prison for numerous bank robberies, hostage taking, and rape. In autumn 1997…
Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero…
Millon Air Flight 406 was an international cargo flight from Manta, Ecuador, to Miami, Florida. On October 22, 1996, the Boeing 707 crashed shortly after takeoff from Manta Airpor…
Millon Air Flight 406 crashes after takeoff from Eloy Alfaro International Airport in Manta, Ecuador, killing 34 people.
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the …
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.
John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, m…
John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 16,855 according to the 2020 census. It is part of a dispersed urban area…
Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident…
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is an independent agency of the United States government that governs labor relations between the federal government and its employees.
The US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization…
Venera 9, manufacturer's designation: 4V-1 No. 660, was a Soviet uncrewed space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It was launched on June 8, 1975, at 02:3…
The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one…
Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.
The BAC One-Eleven is a retired early jet airliner produced by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Conceived by Hunting Aircraft as a 30-seat jet before its merger into BAC i…
A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.