Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland
Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.
What happened on October 22
38 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1633 to 2024.
Standout on October 22
2014
Ottawa
In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill.
About October 22
October 22 is the 295th day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
- Day of the year
- Day 295 of 365 (296 in leap years)70 days left in the year (70 in leap years)
- Falls on
- Thursday in 2026, Friday in 2027, Sunday in 2028, Monday in 2029, Tuesday in 2030
- Week
- ISO week 43 of 2026 · Q4
- Zodiac sign
- ♎ Libra (September 23 – October 22)Cusp date — the exact boundary shifts by a day in some years.
- Season
- Autumn in the north · Spring in the south
- October birthstone
- Opal / Tourmalinehope, creativity and confidence
- October birth flower
- Marigold / Cosmoswarmth, creativity and harmony
- Next occurrence
- In 360 days
- Roman numerals
- XXII.Xday.month — see the Roman numeral date tool
Anniversaries in 2026
- 90thDod Orsborne1936
- 90thRoyal Navy cutlasses1936
- 80thOperation Osoaviakhim1946
- 60thThe Supremes A' Go-Go1966
- 30thB.I (rapper)1996
- 30thJohannes Høsflot Klæbo1996
- 25thBrian Branch2001
- 25thJo Yuri2001
October 22 through the years
- 10 years ago2016
- Sheri S. Tepper · Steve Dillon
- 25 years ago2001
- Brian Branch · Jo Yuri
- 50 years ago1976
- Nothing recorded
- 100 years ago1926
- Nothing recorded
- 200 years ago1826
- Nothing recorded
Born on October 22 — ages this year
- 2001Brian Branchturns 25
- 2001Jo Yuriturns 25
- 2000Baby Keemturns 26
- 1999Geraldo Perdomoturns 27
- 1998Roddy Ricchturns 28
- 1997Jan Kösteringturns 29
Historical events 38
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
2015 Trollhättan school attack
A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack.
2014 shootings at Parliament Hill
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.
Ottawa
In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill.
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.
Lance Armstrong
Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.
Exploration of the Moon
India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1.
Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base
A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.
Panama Canal expansion project
A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.
Tropical Storm Alpha
Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season.
Bellview Airlines Flight 210
Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
Maurice Papon
Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
Steen Christensen
Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero Palo, in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland during his prison escape.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.
TAN-SAHSA Flight 414
TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport, killing 131 out of 146 people onboard.
John Adams (composer)
John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.
Marion, Illinois
Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
The US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
Venera 9
The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
The Supremes A' Go-Go
With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, the Supremes became the first all-female group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
Ian Fleming
The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.
BAC One-Eleven
A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
Operation Osoaviakhim
Over twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their families and equipment.
Cigar Factory
Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months.
Vichy France
After evading Vichy French and Francoist Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.
Royal Navy cutlasses
The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.
Dod Orsborne
Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat, was convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.
Toastmasters International
The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California.
Bank run
A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations, triggering the Panic of 1907 (pictured).
Gare Montparnasse
At Gare Montparnasse in Paris, an express train derailed after overrunning the buffer stop and crashed through the station wall, with the locomotive landing on the street below.
Blantyre mining disaster
Scotland's worst mining accident occurred when an explosion at a colliery in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, killed 207 miners.
1740 Batavia massacre
A two-week massacre of ethnic Chinese in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, came to an end with at least 10,000 people killed.
George II of Great Britain
George II and Caroline of Ansbach (pictured) were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey.
Johann Sebastian Bach
J. S. Bach led the first performance of the chorale cantata Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul), based on the communion hymn of the same name, in Leipzig.
List of maritime disasters
In one of the worst maritime disasters in the history of the British Isles, at least 1,400 sailors on four Royal Navy ships were lost in stormy weather (pictured) off the Isles of Scilly.
Battle of Liaoluo Bay
At the Battle of Liaoluo Bay Ming Chinese naval forces defeated a Dutch East India Company fleet in the Taiwan Strait, the largest naval encounter between Chinese and European forces before the First Opium War more than two hundred years later.
Births 20
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Deaths 20
A notable person who died on this day.
Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1960)
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (born 1928)
George Young (rock musician)
George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)
John Postgate (microbiologist)
John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (born 1922)
John-Roger Hinkins
John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (born 1934)
Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)
Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (born 1941)
Holidays & observances 8
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Mellonius
Christian feast day: Mellonius
Abercius of Hieropolis
Christian feast day: Abercius of Hieropolis
Donatus of Fiesole
Christian feast day: Donatus of Fiesole
Pope John Paul II
Christian feast day: Pope John Paul II
Cordula of Cologne
Christian feast day: Cordula of Cologne
International Stuttering Awareness Day
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Nunilo and Alodia
Christian feast day: Nunilo and Alodia
Spread across the centuries
- 17th century1
- 18th century4
- 19th century2
- 20th century38
- 21st century33
Earliest: Battle of Liaoluo Bay (1633). Most recent: Richard A. Cash (2024).
What the categories mean, and how the standout is chosen
- Historical events
- A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Births
- A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Deaths
- A notable person who died on this day.
- Milestones
- A first, a founding or a turning point our editors flagged as a landmark moment.
- Holidays & observances
- A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
- Standout / notable
- Editor-written entries come first, then entries covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. For the standout tile we prefer an entry that has a picture.
Nearby and related
Questions about October 22
What day of the year is October 22?
October 22 is the 295th day of the year, with 70 days left after it.
What star sign is October 22?
October 22 falls under Libra (September 23 – October 22), a air sign ruled by Venus. The birthstone for the month is Opal or Tourmaline.
How many things happened on October 22?
We record 86 entries for October 22: 38 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1633 to 2024.
Who was born on October 22?
Brian Branch (2001) is among the notable births on October 22. The births section lists the rest.
How often is the October 22 page updated?
The day is filled the first time anyone opens it and then re-checked for new entries about every 90 days. Computed facts such as the weekday and the anniversaries update every year.
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