On This Day: 22 October

22 October in Indian history

• 2008India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1.India
• 2007A 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.India
• 1790Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.India
• 1633At 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.India

22 October in world history

• 2019Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.
• 2014In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill.
• 2013The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.
• 2012Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.
• 2005Tropical 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.
• 1999Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
• 1992Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.
• 1989TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport, killing 131 out of 146 people onboard.
• 1945Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months.
• 1936The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.
• 1907A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations, triggering the Panic of 1907.
• 1844The Millerites (followers of Baptist preacher William Miller) anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
• 1727George II and Caroline of Ansbach were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey.
• 1724J. 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.

Born on 22 October

• 1964Amit Shah, Indian politician, Minister of Home Affairs (since 2019).India
• 1956Alejandro Kuropatwa, Argentine photographer (died 2003)
• 1946Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and authorIndia
• 1882N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (died 1945)
• 1873Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator (died 1906)India
• 1821Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman (died 1900)

Died on 22 October

• 1996Evdokia Reshetnik, Ukrainian zoologist
• 1954Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (born 1899)India
• 1935Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (born 1847)
• 1917Charles Pardey Lukis, founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (born 1857)India

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 22 October in history?

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: In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill. 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.

What happened on 22 October in Indian history?

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. 1790: Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.

Which famous people were born on 22 October?

Amit Shah, Indian politician, Minister of Home Affairs (since 2019) (1964); Alejandro Kuropatwa, Argentine photographer (died 2003) (1956); Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and author (1946); N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (died 1945) (1882).

Which day is observed on 22 October?

International Stuttering Awareness Day; Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto, Japan).