October 22nd, 1974

Born on October 22nd, 1974

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What happened on October 22nd?

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 French and Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot (pictured) arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.

October 22nd, 1936

The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.

October 22nd, 1924

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

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.

October 22nd, 1740

A two-week massacre of ethnic Chinese in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, came to an end with at least 10,000 people killed.

October 22nd, 1727

George II and Caroline of Ansbach were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey.

October 22nd, 2014

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.

October 22nd, 2013

The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.

October 22nd, 2012

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.

October 22nd, 2008

India launches its first uncrewed lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.

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

Born on October 22nd, 1974

49

Aleksander Gabryś

Polish composer

*October 22nd, 1974, Siemianowice Śląskie

49

Timo Uster

German footballer

*October 22nd, 1974, Berlin

49

Jeff McInnis

American basketball player

*October 22nd, 1974, Charlotte

49

Tim Kinsella

American musician

*October 22nd, 1974, Chicago

49

Sabina Began

German actress

*October 22nd, 1974, Hamburg

49

Layla Roberts

American actor and model

*October 22nd, 1974, Hawaii

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 22nd?

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

50

Ichiro Suzuki

Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player (1973-)

*October 22nd, 1973, Toyoyama City

53

Javier Milei

Economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023

*October 22nd, 1970, Buenos Aires

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

50

Andrés Palop

Spanish footballer

*October 22nd, 1973, L'Alcúdia

48

Míchel Salgado

Spanish footballer

*October 22nd, 1975, As Neves

74

Arsène Wenger

French association football player and manager

*October 22nd, 1949, Strasbourg

64

Marc Shaiman

American composer (born 1959)

*October 22nd, 1959, Newark

56

Carlos Mencia

American stand-up comedian (born 1967)

*October 22nd, 1967, San Pedro Sula

89

Bert suharga

German association football player and coach (1923-2013)

*October 22nd, 1923, Bremen †July 19th, 2013, La Llosa

52

Amanda Coetzer

South African tennis player

*October 22nd, 1971, Hoopstad

59

Lionel Abelanski

French actor

*October 22nd, 1964, 20th arrondissement of Paris

35

Corey Hawkins

American actor

*October 22nd, 1988, Washington, D.C.

60

Brian Boitano

United States figure skater

*October 22nd, 1963, Mountain View

58

Winfried Bausback

German politician

*October 22nd, 1965, Aschaffenburg

48

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

American actor

*October 22nd, 1975, Missoula

50

Carmen Ejogo

British actress

*October 22nd, 1973, Kensington

51

Saffron Burrows

English actress, model and writer

*October 22nd, 1972, St Pancras

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

80

Catherine Deneuve

French actress

*October 22nd, 1943, 17th arrondissement of Paris

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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