October 22 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | October 22 Calendar
October 22nd Daily Holidays include:
- CAPS Lock Day
- Clean Up the Earth Day
- Eat a Pretzel Day
- International Stuttering Awareness Day
- National Color Day
- National Knee Day
- National Make a Dogs Day
- National Nut Day
- Smart is Cool Day
October 22: Famous Birthdays
- October 22, 1938 – Christopher Lloyd, (Actor: Back to the Future)
- October 22, 1942 – Annette Funicello (d. 2013)
- October 22, 1943 – Catherine Deneuve, (Actress: Repulsion)
- October 22, 1952 – Jeff Goldblum, (Actor: Earth Girls are Easy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Asteroid City, Jurassic Park)
- October 22, 1969 – Spike Jonze (Director: Being John Malkovich, Where the Wild Things Are, Her)
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October 22: Historical Events
- October 22, 1784 – Russia founds a colony of settlers on Kodiak Island in Alaska
- October 22, 1833 – Alfred Nobel: Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite and other more powerful explosives and who also founded the Nobel Prizes, was born in Stockholm.
- October 22, 1906 – French artist Paul Cézanne, considered one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists, died at the age of 67.
- October 22, 1934 – Infamous criminal Charles (“Pretty Boy”) Floyd was fatally shot in a field near East Liverpool, Ohio, by FBI agents.
- October 22, 1940 – American novelist Ernest Hemingway published his classic novel For Whom the Bell Tolls; it was later adapted into an acclaimed film.
- October 22, 1957 – Konrad Adenauer was re-elected chancellor of west Germany in a vote of 274 to 193 by the newly elected Bundestag.
- October 22, 1964 – French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre was announced the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature; however, he became the first person to decline the award.
- October 22, 2010 – WikiLeaks, a website founded by Julian Assange that functioned as a clearinghouse for classified or otherwise privileged information, released thousands of U.S. documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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October 22: Music Events
- October 22, 1883 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens for the first time with a performance of Gounod’s Faust
- October 22, 1965 – The Beatles’ “Yesterday” is the #1 single in the US, while The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” is #10.
- October 22, 1976 – Bob Seger releases Night Moves, his first studio album to make an impact outside of Michigan.
- October 22, 1976 – The Damned release “New Rose,” the first ever British punk single.
- October 22, 2012 – Taylor Swift releases her fourth album, Red. The first single is the #1 “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” a kiss-off to an ex she refuses to name.
- October 22, 2012 – Garth Brooks is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
- More October 22 Musical Events
October 22: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for October 22 is Scorpio.
October Birthstone:
What is the October Birthstone? Pink Tourmaline and Opal
October’s birthstones are pink tourmaline and opal. Tourmaline, the primary birthstone, is rare because it is one of the few gems that can be found in almost every color. Some pink tourmalines have clarity as transparent as diamonds! Opals, on the other hand, are in a class by themselves.
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