What are the important events that happened on October 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 22 is the 295^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 9, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,761,091,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontapentagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 118 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,688 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 22 Historical Events

• 1633 –
  Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
• 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.
• 1746 –
  The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
• 1784 –
  Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
• 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.
• 1924 –
  Toastmasters International is founded.
• 1957 –
  Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• 1962 –
  Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval “quarantine” of the Communist nation.
• 2005 –
  Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
• 2006 –
  A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama.

Who were born on October 22?

• 1071 –
  William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (d. 1126)
• 1734 –
  Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
• 1818 –
  Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
• 1891 –
  Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d. 1988)
• 1913 –
  Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2002)
• 1913 –
  Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (d. 2008)
• 1934 –
  Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
• 1949 –
  Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
• 1967 –
  Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
• 1985 –
  Evagelia Aravani, Greek fashion model

Who died on October 22?

• 1707 –
  Cloudesley Shovell, Royal Navy admiral (b.1650)
• 1708 –
  Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636)
• 1859 –
  Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1935 –
  Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
• 1973 –
  Pau Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1992 –
  Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1992 –
  Red Barber, American sportscaster (b. 1908)
• 2005 –
  Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)
• 2006 –
  Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
• 2009 –
  Soupy Sales, American comedian and television personality (b. 1926)