Summary of the Day ✨ 22 October (22/10)
On this day, Northern Ireland legalized same-sex marriage and abortion after its Assembly failed to restore, while Canada experienced a deadly Parliament attack. Australia’s ACT became the first jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage, Lance Armstrong lost his Tour titles to doping charges, and India launched its first lunar probe.
Historical Events 📜
- 2019: Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.
- 2014: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.
- 2013: The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.
- 2012: Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.
- 2008: India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1.
- 2007: 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.
- 2006: A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.
- 2005: 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.
- 2005: Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
- 1999: Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
- 1997: 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.
- 1992: Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.
- 1987: John Adams’ opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.
- 1983: Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
- 1981: The US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Brian Branch, American football player
- 2001: Jo Yu-ri, South Korean singer and actress
- 2000: Baby Keem, American rapper and record producer
- 1999: Geraldo Perdomo, Dominican baseball player
- 1997: Jan Köstering, German politician
- 1996: B.I, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer
- 1996: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norwegian ski runner
- 1994: Corbin Burnes, American baseball player
- 1993: Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer
- 1990: David Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989: JPEGMafia, American rapper and singer
- 1989: Muhammad Wilkerson, American football player
- 1988: Sarah Barrow, English diver
- 1988: Parineeti Chopra, Indian actress
- 1987: Tiki Gelana, Ethiopian runner
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (born 1941)
- 2024: Grizzly 399, American grizzly bear (born 1996)
- 2024: Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (born 1928)
- 2024: Lynda Obst, American film producer and author (born 1950)
- 2024: Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1960)
- 2021: Peter Scolari, American actor (born 1955)
- 2017: George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)
- 2017: Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932)
- 2016: Steve Dillon, British comic book artist (born 1962)
- 2016: Sheri S. Tepper, American writer (born 1929)
- 2015: Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (born 1923)
- 2015: Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1927)
- 2015: Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (born 1926)
- 2015: Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (born 1945)
- 2015: Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Abercius of Hieropolis - Christian feast day:
Cordula of Cologne - Christian feast day:
Donatus of Fiesole - Christian feast day:
Mellonius - Christian feast day:
Nunilo and Alodia - Christian feast day:
Pope John Paul II - Christian feast day:
October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - International Stuttering Awareness Day
- Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto, Japan)