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October 22: Day of the Week
October 22, 2024 is the 296th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac 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.
October 22 Historical Event(s)
1575
Foundation of Aguascalientes.
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.
1875
First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
1878
The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
1926
J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
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.
1957
Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
1966
The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
1983
Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
2006
A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama.
Who were born on October 22?
1844
Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress (d. 1923)
1928
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director
1929
Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
1938
Derek Jacobi, English actor
1943
Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1961
Robert Torti, American actor
1973
Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
1978
Dion Glover, American basketball player
1979
Doni, Brazilian footballer
1992
Sofia Vassilieva, American actress
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