October 22nd, 1970

Born on October 22nd, 1970

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Wow, over 20,000 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

Born on October 22nd, 1970

55

Javier Milei

Economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023

*October 22nd, 1970, Buenos Aires

55

Winston Bogarde

Dutch footballer

*October 22nd, 1970, Rotterdam

55

D'Lo Brown

American professional wrestler

*October 22nd, 1970, Burlington

55

Sebastian Gorka

British-born Hungarian American media personality, military and intelligence analyst and former government (born 1970)

*October 22nd, 1970, United Kingdom

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Born in 1970

55

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

56

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

55

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

56

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

55

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

56

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

56

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

56

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

55

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

56

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

56

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

55

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

56

Uma Thurman

American actress and model (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

56

Gianni Infantino

Swiss-Italian football administrator

*March 23rd, 1970, Brig-Glis

55

Han Kang

South Korean writer

*November 27th, 1970, Gwangju

56

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

56

Naomi Klein

Canadian author and activist (born 1970)

*May 8th, 1970, Montreal

56

Bellamy Young

American actress

*February 19th, 1970, Asheville

55

John August

American film director and screenwriter

*August 4th, 1970, Boulder

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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