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Day Of The Week: 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 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 22
- 794 –Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
- 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.
- 1790 –Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.
- 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.
- 1895 –In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.
- 1910 –Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
- 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).
- 2008 –India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
Who were born on October 22?
- 1809 –Volney E. Howard, American politician (d. 1889)
- 1929 –Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
- 1935 –Ann Rule, American true-crime writer
- 1942 –Bobby Fuller, American rock guitarist (d. 1966)
- 1946 –Richard McGonagle, American voice actor
- 1959 –Marc Shaiman, American composer
- 1961 –Robert Torti, American actor
- 1968 –Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
- 1969 –Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer
- 1982 –Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
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