October 22nd
Holidays and Festivals
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Fechner Day, celebrated by Psychophysicists
National Nut Day (USA)
CAPS LOCK day
Pomme (Apple) Day * (see below)
Feast of Saint Mary Salome (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Philip (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Severus (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Eusebius (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Hermes of Heraclea (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Donatus of Fiesole (Roman Catholic) Feast of Bertharius (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Feast of Abercius of Hieropolis
* Fantasy Fest Key West, Florida penultimate Friday - last Sunday in Oct (5of10)
* CMJ Music Marathon New York City, New York, USA October 19 - 23 (4of5)
* Pomme (Apple) Day (French Republican) , first day in the Month of Brumaire
Toast of The Day
"For [City's name] hath no sober man,
Or none of milk sop thinkers,
And no philosophical fools,
But great and glorious drinkers!"
- Traditional
Drink of The Day
Squashed Frog
1/2 Shot Advocaat
1/2 Shot Midori
A drop Grenadine
mix together half shots of Advocaat and Midori and in a Shot Glass then add a spot of grenadine (it will sink and look like blood).
Wine of The Day
Echeverria (2008) Carmenère
Central Valley
$10
Beer of The Day
Sierra Nevada Harvest Wet Hop Ale
Brewer - Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, CA, USA
Style - American IPA
ABV - 6.7%
Joke of The Day
A wife asks her husband, a software engineer; "Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk, and if they have eggs, get 6!"
A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk.
The wife asks him, "Why the hell did you buy 6 cartons of milk?"
He replied, "They had eggs."
Quote of The Day
"I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it."
- Unknown
October Observances
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
American Cheese Month
American Pharmacist Month
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Apple Jack Month
Apple Month
Awareness Month
Bat Appreciation Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celebrate Sun Dried Tomatoes Month
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Children's Magazine Month
Christmas Seal Campaign (10/1-12/31)
Church Library Month
Church Safety and Security Month
Class Reunion Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Co-op Awareness Month
Computer Learning Month
Cookie Month
Cut Out Dissection Month
Diversity Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Eat Country Ham Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Employee Ownership Month
Energy Management is a Family Affair, Improve Your Home Month (10/1-3/31)
Fair Trade Month
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month
Financial Planning Month
Gay and Lesbian History Month
German-American Heritage Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Go Hog Wild, Eat Country Ham Month
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Intergeneration Month
International Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month
International Drum Month
International Starman Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
LGBT History Month
Long Term Care Planning Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Month of Free Thought
National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Arts & Humanities Month
National Audiology Awareness Month
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Book Month
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Canine Good Health Month
National Caramel Month
National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Month
National Communicate with Your Kid Month
National Construction Toy Month
National Cookbook Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Diabetes Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Ergonomics Month
National Family Sexuality Education Month
National Field Trip Month
National Gain the Inside Advantage Month
National Go On A Field Trip Month
National Kitchen & Bath Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Protect Your Hearing Month
National RSV Awareness Month
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Sarcastic Awareness Month
National Seafood Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
National Toilet Tank Repair Month
National Vegetarian Month
National Window Covering Safety Month
National Work and Family Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Pear and Pineapple Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Rhizomes and Persimmons Month
Rhubarb Month
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month
Second Binary Month (2of 3) (0s and 1s)
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month (Different Than Squirrel Appreciation Day in January)
Tackling Hunger Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)
Women's Small Business Month
Workplace Politics Awareness Month
World Blindness Awareness Month
World Menopause Month
Observations this Week
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week, Third Full Week in OctoberFreedom of Speech Week, Third Full Week in October
Medical Assistants Recognition Week, Third Full Week in October
National Character Counts Week, Third Full Week in October
National Chemistry Week, Third Full Week in October
National Forest Products Week, Third Full Week in October
National Friends of Libraries Week, Third Full Week in October
National Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Week, Third Full Week in October
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Third Full Week in October
National Save For Retirement Week, Third Full Week in October
Pastoral Care Week, Third Full Week in October
Ally Week Week, Third Work Week in October
National School Bus Safety Week, Third Work Week in October
National Nuclear Science Week Week, Third Work Week in October
Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week, Third Thursday through Fourth Thursday in October
National Massage Therapy Week, Last Full Week in October
Red Ribbon Week, Last Full Week in October
National Respiratory Care Week, Last Full Week in October
Historical Events on October 22nd
362 The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire.
794 Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
1335 Ex-emperor Hanazono 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.
1633 Ming dynasty fight with Dutch East India Company that Battle of southern Fujian sea (1633), Ming dynasty won great victory.
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.
1708 Great Alliance occupies Rijsel
1721 Czar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator"
1730 Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
1746 The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
1784 Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
1790 Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.
1797 One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
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 is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
1844 Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ known as the The Great Anticipation. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment, .
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 Battle of Curupaytí, Paraguay against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
1867 Foundation of the National University of Colombia.
1868 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in NYC
1875 First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
1875 Sons of American Revolution organizes
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.
1881 Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert
1883 1st NY Horse Show held (Madison Sq Garden)
1883 The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's 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
1885 John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union
1895 David Belasco's "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 World's 1st 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 Panic of 1907, A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.
1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus
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 Wagner's Opera
1924 Toastmasters International is founded.
1926 J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
1928 China expels all Russian instructors & civil servants
1928 ESL Robinson's "Far-Off Hills," premieres in Dublin
1928 Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
1928 President Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism"
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 & Razaf's "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930," premieres in NYC
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 Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in NYC
1941 French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer, World War II.
1942 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
1942 US gens Clark & Lemnitzer & French gen Mast meet secretly in Algeria
1943 In the Second firestorm raid on Germany in World War II, the Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
1944 Kurita's vice-admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo
1944 Battle of Aachen of World War II, The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
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 A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan.
1956 France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany
1957 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 First United States casualties in Vietnam War.
1959 Bob Merrill's musical "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 448 performances
1960 Independence of Mali from France.
1961 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Golf Civitan
1962 US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces on TV that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" (blockade) of the Communist nation (Cuban 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 A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.
1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who
1964 Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
1964 US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss
1966 The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
1966 USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
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 A's by Charlie Finley
1967 Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA Carlsbad Jaycee Golf Open
1968 Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
1969 KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM
1969 Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death
1970 Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
1971 USSR performs nuclear test
1972 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
1972 Oakland A's 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in World Series
1972 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, Vietnam War.
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
1975 Cincinati Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series
1975 The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
1975 Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna
1975 World Football League disbands
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.
1976 Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 & 2 launched into Earth orbit
1978 "King of Hearts" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
1978 8th NYC Women's 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-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession
1978 Pope John Paul II installed
1979 "One Mo' Time" with Vernel Bagners premieres in NYC
1979 Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NY for medical treatment
1979 Walt Disney World's 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 The TGV railway service between Paris and Lyon is inaugurated.
1981 The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
1981 The founding congress of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation faction led by Hareram Sharma and D.P. Singh begins.
1981 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1981 US national debt tops $1 trillion
1982 Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels
1983 Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
1984 NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
1984 Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
1985 Bret Saberhagen gives KC Royals their 1st World Series win
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 O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery
1989 Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open
1989 Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia
1991 Dimitrios Arhondonis, metropolitan of Chalcedon elected 270th Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch as Patriarch Bartholomew I of the Orthodox church.
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 Wasserstein's "Sisters Rosensweig," premieres in NYC
1993 Actor James Coburn (65) weds Paula Murad (37)
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 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 Cleveland's Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games, Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38°F)
1997 Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon
1997 Larry Flynt sells Hustler in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati
1997 NY Ranger Wayne Gretsky's wife Janet is knocked unconcious & gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her
1997 Yahoo completes purchase of Four11
1999 Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
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.
2007 Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
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 L'Aquila earthquake
2012 Hurricane Sandy forms in the Western Caribbean Sea
2012 San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in the MLB National League Championship
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
Born on October 22nd
1071 William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (d. 1126)
1197 Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
1511 Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
1558 Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
1592 Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)
1686 Georg Balthasar Schott, composer
1688 Nadir Shah of Persia (d. 1747)
1689 King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
1692 Elizabeth Farnese, second queen of King Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
1698 Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer
1701 Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
1729 Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (d. 1798)
1734 Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
1737 Vincenzo Manfredini, composer
1752 Ambrogio Minoja, composer
1761 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer
1765 Daniel Steibelt, composer
1766 Hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king
1770 Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (d. 1831)
1790 Jan Ackersdijk, Dutch political economist
1809 Federico Ricci, composer
1809 Volney E. Howard, American politician (d. 1889)
1810 Henry Bohlen, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1811 Franz Liszt, Hungarian virtuoso pianist ( Faust Symphony) and composer (d. 1886)
1818 Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
1818 Leconte de Lisle, writer
1821 Collis Potter Huntington, American railroad executive (d. 1900)
1826 Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer
1832 August Labitzky, composer
1832 Leopold Damrosch, composer
1838 Carl Fuchs, composer
1844 Louis Riel, Canadian Metis Political Leader (d. 1885)
1845 Sarah Bernhardt, France, actress (Camille, Queen Elizabeth)
1847 Jacobus Herculas (Uncle Koos) de la Rey, South African politician
1858 German Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of German Emperor Wilhelm II (d. 1921)
1865 Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1943)
1870 Alfred Douglas, English partner of Oscar Wilde (d. 1945)
1870 Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, poet (Gentleman from SF) (Nobel Prize laureate 1933) (d. 1953)
1873 Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
1876 Karl B Adam, German theologist (Christ our Brother)
1880 Joe Carr, American NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39)
1881 Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1883 Adolf A Joffe, Russian revolutionary/writer (Brest-Litovsk)
1883 Viktor Jacobi, composer
1885 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met)
1885 Lothar Windsperger, composer
1886 Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (d. 1970)
1887 John Reed, American journalist (reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions) (d. 1920)
1891 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer
1891 Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d. 1988)
1894 Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera performer (d. 1961)
1896 Charles Glenn King, American biochemist (discovered vitamin C) (d. 1988)
1898 Damaso Alonso, Spanish poet (Hijos de la ira)
1898 Marcel Mihalovici, composer
1900 Edward R Stettinius, US, foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat
1900 James Hall, Dallas TX, actor (Hell's Angels)
1901 Charles Huggins, Canada, US physician
1903 Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)
1903 George Wells Beadle, American biologist, geneticist (Nobel laureate 1958) (d. 1989)
1904 Constance Bennett, American actress (Easiest Way, Ladies in Love) (d. 1965)
1904 Paul Arma, composer
1905 Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1969)
1905 Karl Jansky, Czech, discoverer (cosmic radio emissions in 1932)
1906 Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper)
1906 Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (One in White, Darkness at Noon)
1907 Henriette Wyeth, 1st lady of american art
1907 Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), 534 HRs (d. 1967)
1908 Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist, antifascist
1908 John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
1908 John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly)
1909 Litz Pisk, movement teacher
1912 Frances Drake, American actress (d. 2000)
1912 George N. Leighton, American jurist
1913 Annette Rogers, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
1913 Bo Dai, Last Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1997)
1913 Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2002)
1913 Patricia "Boots" Mallory, US dancer/actress (Handle With Care)
1913 Robert Capa, American war photographer (born in Hungary) (d. 1954)
1913 Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (d. 2008)
1915 Harry Hickox, Big Springs Tx, (Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
1916 Michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen)
1916 Sid Miller, Shenandoah Pa, actor (Donald O'Connor Texaco Show)
1917 Joan Fontaine, American actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca)
1918 Lou Klein, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1919 Doris Lessing, British novelist (Golden Notebook), Nobel Prize laureate
1919 Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (d. 2001)
1920 Harry Potts, soccer star/manager
1920 Mitzi Green, Bronx NY, actress (Little Orphan Annie)
1920 Timothy Leary, American writer, Harvard prof (LSD taker) (d. 1996)
1921 Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (d. 1986)
1921 Georges Brassens, French poet, cabaret singer (d. 1981)
1922 John H Chafee, (Sen-R-Rhode Island, 1976)
1922 John Weidner, Brussels, Belgium, war hero
1922 Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
1922 Ton Lensink, Dutch actor (Rituelen)
1923 Bert Trautmann, German former footballer
1923 Pete Pihos, NFL end (Phil Eagles)
1925 Dory Previn (Dorothy Veronica Langan), American singer-songwriter (Mythical Kings, Iguanas) (d. 2012)
1925 Robert Rauschenberg, American painter (Gloria) and graphic artist (d. 2008)
1926 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian
1927 Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (d. 2005)
1927 Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of S Afr Labour Party
1927 Ray Stern, mother of radio personality Howard Stern
1928 Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director
1929 Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter (Love Be My Cover)
1929 Giorgio Gaslini, composer
1929 Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (goaltender) (d. 1990)
1931 Hikaru Hayashi, composer
1933 Donald Herod Peterson, Winona Mississippi, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 6)
1933 Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer (d. 2007)
1934 Donald McIntyre, Auckland NZ, Bass-Baritone (Wotan-Das Rheingold)
1935 Ann Rule, American true-crime writer
1935 Judy Devlin Hashman, 10 time badminton champ (1957-67)
1936 Bobby Seale, American civil rights activist
1936 Col. John Blashford-Snell, British explorer and author
1936 Neville E Alexander, South african (10 years in Robbeneiland Jail)
1937 Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (d. 1982)
1937 Tadeas Salva, composer
1938 Christopher Lloyd, American actor (Taxi, Back to the Future)
1938 Derek Jacobi, English actor (Lanner-Strauss Family, Gladiator, Dead Again)
1939 George Cohen, English footballer
1939 Joaquim Chissano, president of Mozambique (1986)
1939 Ray Jones, rock bassist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
1939 Tony Roberts, American actor (Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show)
1941 Charles Keating, London England, actor (Carl Hutchins-Another World)
1942 Annette Funicello, American actress (Mickey Mouse Club)
1942 Bobby Fuller, American rock guitarist (d. 1966)
1942 Robin John Maconie, composer
1943 Allen James Coage, American professional wrestler, HW judo (Olympic-bronze-1976) (d. 2007)
1943 Bobby Fuller, Texas, rock vocalist/guitarist (Bobby Fuller Four)
1943 Catherine Deneuve (Dorleac), French actress (Repulsion, Hunger)
1943 Jan de Bont, Dutch film director
1943 Paul Zukofsky, Brooklyn NY, violinist (Cappricio)
1943 Robert Long (Leverman), Dutch singer, actor (Vroeger Kon je Lachen)
1945 Leslie West (Weinstein) American musician (Mountain-Mississippi Queen)
1945 Sheila Sherwood, British long jumper
1945 Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
1946 Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality
1946 Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and writer
1946 Eddie Brigati, American singer (The Rascals)
1946 Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon
1946 Richard Loncraine, director (Missionary, Deep Cover, Bellman & True)
1947 Edward F Feighan, (Rep-D-OH, 1983)
1947 Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi
1947 Lee Meredith (Judith Lee Sauls), River Edge NJ, actress (Producers)
1947 Neil Burton Rolnick, composer
1947 Raymond Bachand, French-Canadian politician and businessman
1948 John Peterson, US, Middleweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
1948 Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford
1948 Mike Hendrick, cricketer (England seam bowler in 30 Tests 1974-81)
1949 Arsène Wenger, French football manager
1949 Manfred Burgsmuller, WLAF kicker (Rhein Fire)
1949 Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
1949 Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician
1952 Jeff Goldblum, American actor (Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day)
1953 Roy Ristie, Suriname/Neth radio host (Apintie, Kankantrie)
1954 Carla Dunlap, Newark NJ, bodybuilder (Pumping Iron 2)
1955 Bill Condon, Director (Dreamgirls)
1956 Frank DiPino, American baseball player
1958 Bobby Blotzner, rock drummer (Ratt-Round & Round)
1959 Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)
1959 Marc Shaiman, American composer
1959 Todd Graff, NYC, actor (Five Corners, Dominic & Eugene)
1960 Cris Kirkwood, American musician (Meat Puppets)
1960 Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains)
1961 Barbara Potter, Ct, tennis player (changed shirt on Wimbledon Court)
1961 Donna Wynd, Auckland NZ, 1k sprint cyclist (Olympics-96)
1961 Leonard Marshall, NFL defensive end (NY Giants, NY Jets)
1961 Robert Torti, American actor
1961 Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer (four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88)
1962 Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show, Saul-Breaking Bad)
1962 Derrick Waldroup, Chicago Ill, 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
1962 Gayle Stammer, Livermore California, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1963 Brian Boitano, American figure skater (Olympic-gold-1988)
1963 Cherie Witter, Everett Wash, playmate (February, 1985)
1964 Dražen Petrovic, Croatian basketball player (d. 1993)
1964 Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter
1965 John Wesley Harding, American musician
1965 Marvin Washington, NFL defensive end (NY Jets, SF 49ers)
1965 Otis Smith, American football player, NFL cornerback (NY Jets)
1965 Valeria Golino, Actress (Rain Man)
1965 Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, frontman of the Polish deathmetal band Vader
1966 Blair Hartland, cricketer (NZ opener)
1966 Valeria Golino, Italian actress (Rain Man, Little Flames)
1967 Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian
1967 Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
1967 Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (d. 1994)
1968 Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
1968 Keith Osik, Port Jefferson NY, catcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1968 Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell), Jamaican reggae rapper (Boombastic)
1968 Shelby Lynne, American country singer (If I Could Bottle This Up)
1968 Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
1968 Warry van Wattum, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen)
1969 Cuty (Yumi) Suzuki, Kawaguchi Japan, wrestler (Japan)
1969 Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer
1969 Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
1969 Kevin Carrasco, Dominican baseball player, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1969 Spike Jonze, American director and film producer (Where the Wild Things Are)
1970 Amy Redford, American actress, director and producer
1970 Coleman Rudolph, NFL defensive end (NY Giants)
1970 Steve Campbell, Buffalo NY, tennis star
1970 Winston Bogarde, soccer player (Sparta/Ajax)
1971 Amanda Coetzer, Hoopstad South Africa, tennis star (1996 Aust semi)
1971 Anthony "Pig" Miller, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Atlanta Hawks)
1971 Kornel David, Hungarian basketball player
1971 Mitchel van der Gaag, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Motherwell)
1971 Timothy Christopher Carswell, New Zealand cyclist (Olympics-96)
1972 D'Lo Brown, American professional wrestler
1972 Saffron Burrows, Actress (The Bank Job)
1972 Scott Lachance, Charlottesville, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
1972 Tyrone Williams, WLAF, NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears, Rhein Fire)
1972 Victoria Lagerstrom, Miss Sweden Universe (1997)
1973 Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer
1973 Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
1973 Kathy Butler, Edinburgh Scotld, Canad 3k/5k runner (Olympic-8-92, 96)
1974 Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer
1974 Jeff McInnis, American NBA basketball player
1974 Layla Harvest Roberts, Kealakekua HI, playmate (Oct, 1997)
1974 Miroslav Šatan, Slovak ice hockey player, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers, Sabres)
1974 Tim Kinsella, American musician
1975 Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Actor (Untraceable)
1975 Martín Cardetti, Argentine footballer
1975 Melchior Schoenmakers, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1975 Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
1976 Helen Svedin, Swedish model
1976 Jon Foreman, American musician (Switchfoot)
1976 Larnell Stovall, Stunts (The Hunger Games)
1977 Katrina Bergstrom, Miss North Dakota Teen USA (1996)
1978 Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
1978 Dion Glover, American basketball player
1978 Owais Shah, English cricketer
1979 Eve Chalom, Detroit Mich, dance skater (& Gates--1995 Nat Jr champ)
1980 Garrett Tierney, American musician (Brand New)
1981 Lisa D'Amato, Americas Next Top Model Contestant, Detox
1981 Michael Fishman, Cuban-American actor (DJ-Roseanne)
1981 Olivier Pla, French racing driver
1982 Daniel M. Johnson "The Untouchable DJ Drastic", American DJ, music industry professional, and radio presenter
1982 Heath Miller, American football player
1982 Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player, Second baseman (NY Yankees)
1983 Glenn Loovens, Dutch footballer
1983 Plan B, English rapper and actor
1984 Aleksandar Maric, Australian basketball player of Serbian descent
1984 Jonathan Helwig, American MMA fighter
1985 Evagelia Aravani, Greek fashion model
1985 Zac Hanson, American singer (Hanson)
1986 Kara Lang, Canadian footballer
1986 Kyle Gallner (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
1987 Jake Richardson, English footballer
1988 Matt Evans, Filipino actor
1990 Jonathan William Lipnicki, American actor (Jeff Foxworthy Show, Jerry McGuirre)
1992 Sofia Vassilieva, American actress (My Sister's Keeper)
Died on October 22nd
741 Charles Martel, Ruler of the Franks (b. 686)
1383 Ferdinand I, the wise, King of Portugal (b. 1345)
1494 Gian Galeazzo, Italian duke of Milan (1476-94)
1565 Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
1613 Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer
1625 Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
1651 Jacob Praetorius, composer
1674 Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
1707 Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral, drowns at Scilly
1708 Hermann Witsius (Wits), Dutch reformed theologian (b. 1636)
1725 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlotti, composer
1751 Willem IV Friso, Prince of Orange-Nassau (b. 1711)
1755 Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b. 1694)
1763 French van Mieris "the Young", painter, historian
1764 Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1792 Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
1802 Samuel Arnold, English composer
1813 August Harder, composer
1818 Joachim H Campe, German theory/author
1835 Willem G F Bentinck, earl, politician, organist
1847 Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa
1852 Hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king
1854 J Gotthelf, writer
1859 Louis (Ludwig) Spohr, German violinist and composer (Faust) (b. 1784)
1869 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist
1881 Janis Cimze, composer
1882 Janos Arany, Hungarians poet (Toldi Szerelme)
1883 George Coulthard, cricketer (Test for Australia 1882)
1883 Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (b. 1818)
1889 Olivier Metra, composer
1891 Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)
1906 Paul Cezanne, French painter (b. 1839)
1917 Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
1918 Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (b. 1891)
1919 Bruce F Cummings, English author (Enjoying Life)
1926 Jules Van de Hill, Belgian lawyer/politician
1927 Borisav "Bora" Stankovic, Serbian writer (b. 1876)
1927 Ross Youngs, Hall of Fame baseballer
1928 Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
1932 Anna Dickinson
1934 Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, American gangster, shot dead by FBI (b. 1904)
1935 Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
1935 Sir Edward Carson, Irish Unionist opposed to Home Rule (b. 1854)
1941 Guy Môquet, French hero of the resistance(executed)(b. 1924)
1942 Gustave "Staff" de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies
1942 Sybren Tulip, NSBer, Superintendant of police in Amsterdam (1941-42)
1943 Josef Venantius von Woss, composer
1948 Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal
1952 Ernst Rüdin, Swiss nazi physician (b. 1874)
1954 Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
1954 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer, pilot
1956 Hannah Mitchell, English socialist and suffragette (b. 1872)
1960 Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian, painter, decorator
1965 Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered
1965 Paul Tillich, German-US Theologist (Courage To Be)
1966 Hewlett Johnson, Red Deacon of Canterbury
1969 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian opera singer (NY Met)
1969 Tommy Edwards, American singer (b. 1922)
1970 René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
1972 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits)
1973 Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
1975 Arnold Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist
1978 John Riley, English poet (murdered) (b. 1937)
1979 Jesse Bishop, murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber
1979 Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887)
1981 Michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana)
1984 Harold Laurence Walters, composer
1984 Napoleon Whiting, actor (Silas-Big Valley)
1985 Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (b. 1894)
1986 Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, bio-chemist (Vitamin C) (Nobel Prize laureate 1937) (b. 1893)
1986 Ivor Francis, actor (Dusty's Trail)
1986 Jane Dornnacker, musician, actress, WNBC-AM NYC helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes (b. 1947)
1986 Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1897)
1987 Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (Medusa touch) (b. 1919)
1989 Ewan MacColl, English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (b. 1915)
1989 Roland Winters, actor (Jet Pilot, Meet Millie)
1991 Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live)
1992 Cleavon Little, American actor (Blazing Saddles) (b. 1939)
1992 Red Barber, sportscaster (Dodgers, Yankees)
1993 Elie A Cohen, physician (held in Auschwitz)
1993 Fred C Shapiro, US journalist (Tiananmen-square 1989)
1993 Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (b. 1930)
1993 Jiri Hajek, Czech lawyer/minister of Foreign affairs
1994 Chester WIlliams, painter
1994 David Buchan, ethno-Musicologist
1994 Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party)
1994 Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor (Endoscope)
1994 Rollo May, founder (Humanistic Psychology Movement)
1994 Sandy Horn, lesbian Activist
1995 Edward Totah, art Dealer
1995 K B Wilson, methodist principal (Westminster College)
1995 Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922)
1995 Mary Wickes, actress (Sister Act)
1995 Ralph Whitlock, writer
1995 Simone Gallimard, publisher
1996 Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat
1996 John Bauldie, music journalist, Dylanologist
1996 Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter
1997 Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
1998 Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909)
2001 Prof. Dr. Dkfm. Helmut Krackowizer, journalist and motorcycle racer (b. 1922)
2002 Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915)
2005 Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
2005 Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)
2005 Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
2006 Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
2007 Ève Curie, French writer (b. 1904)
2009 Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
2009 Soupy Sales, American comedian and television personality (b. 1926)
2011 Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Crown Prince (b. 1924 or 1930)
2012 Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
2012 Russell Means, Native American activist
2012 Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player