October 22nd, 1745

Born on October 22nd, 1745

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

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What happened on October 22nd?

October 22nd, 1989

TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport killing 131 out of 146 people onboard.

October 22nd, 1945

Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months.

October 22nd, 2005

Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.

October 22nd, 1883

The old Metropolitan Opera House in New York City (pictured) was opened with a performance of Gounod's Faust.

October 22nd, 2014

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

October 22nd, 1724

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.

October 22nd, 2015

A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack.

October 22nd, 1987

John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.

October 22nd, 1966

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.

October 22nd, 1940

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.

October 22nd, 1924

The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California.

October 22nd, 1964

The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously.

October 22nd, 1907

A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations, triggering the Panic of 1907 (pictured).

October 22nd, 1895

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.

October 22nd, 1797

Dropping from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet (1,000 m), André-Jacques Garnerin carried out the first descent using a frameless parachute.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 22nd

Same year
Born in 1745

69

Charles Dibdin

British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor

*March 15th, 1745, Southampton †July 25th, 1814, London

46

Maria Luisa of Spain

Empress Consort of the Holy Roman Empire

*November 24th, 1745, Portici †May 15th, 1792, Vienna

67

Benjamin Rush

American physician, educator, author

*December 24th, 1745, Byberry †April 19th, 1813, Philadelphia

83

Timothy Pickering

American statesman (1745-1829)

*July 17th, 1745, Salem †January 29th, 1829, Salem

81

Philippe Pinel

French psychiatrist

*April 20th, 1745, Jonquières †October 25th, 1826, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

56

Philipp Karl von Alvensleben

German politician and diplomat (1745-1802)

*December 16th, 1745, Hanover †October 21st, 1802, Berlin

80

Benedict Christian Vogel

Roman botanist (1745-1825)

*April 24th, 1745, Feuchtwangen †June 8th, 1825, Nuremberg

68

Henry James Pye

English Poet Laureate (1745-1813)

*February 20th, 1745, London †August 11th, 1813, Pinner

79

Charles Mannay

French priest (1745-1824)

*October 14th, 1745, Champeix †December 5th, 1824, Rennes

70

John Sevier

Soldier, frontiersman and politician (1745-1815)

*September 23rd, 1745, Rockingham County †September 24th, 1815, Alabama Territory

72

Georg Ernst Waldau

German church historian and theologian

*March 25th, 1745, Nuremberg †April 27th, 1817, Nuremberg

70

Francis Asbury

Methodist bishop in America (1745-1816)

*August 20th, 1745, Hamstead †March 31st, 1816, Spotsylvania County

74

Bodawpaya

1745-1819, sixth king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma.

*March 11th, 1745, Shwebo †June 5th, 1819, Amarapura

84

Johann Wenzel Peter

Austrian painter (1745–1829)

*September 9th, 1745, Karlsbad (Baden) †December 28th, 1829, Rome

68

Gottfried Erich Rosenthal

German mathematician, naturalist and civil servant

*February 13th, 1745, Nordhausen †May 26th, 1813, Nordhausen

72

Barbara Schulthess

Swiss author

*October 5th, 1745, Zürich †April 12th, 1818, Zürich

35

Johann Anton Güldenstädt

Baltic German scientist (1745-1781)

*April 26th, 1745, Riga †March 23rd, 1781, Saint Petersburg

65

Jean-Baptiste Huet

French painter and textile designer (1745-1811)

*October 15th, 1745, Paris †August 27th, 1811, Paris

51

Domenico Pozzi

Swiss artist (1745-1796)

*August 3rd, 1745, Bruzella †November 2nd, 1796, Riva San Vitale

53

William Dawes

American militiaman (1745-1799)

*April 6th, 1745, Boston †February 25th, 1799, Marlborough

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1745 is a normal year and no leap year.

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