About October 22

October 22, 2025 is the 295th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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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 118 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.
  • 1575 –
    Foundation of Aguascalientes.
  • 1730 –
    Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed.
  • 1777 –
    American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
  • 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.
  • 1866 –
    A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, occurred three days before, on October 19.
  • 1875 –
    First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
  • 1878 –
    The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
  • 1910 –
    Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
  • 1926 –
    J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
  • 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.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: in the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
  • 1964 –
    Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor.
  • 1966 –
    The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
  • 1966 –
    The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
  • 1975 –
    The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
  • 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.
  • 1983 –
    Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.

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