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October 22

October 22's record stretches 1,107 years, from 906 to 2013. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and disaster looms large.

♎ZodiacLibra ◈BirthstoneOpal ❀Birth flowerMarigold

Libra is the sign for October 22 — read more on the Libra page, or see October's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on October 22?

October 22 is the 295th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 906 and 2013. Famous people born on October 22 include Georges Brassens, Ichiro Suzuki and Sarah Bernhardt.

Released on October 22

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Chaos Zero Nightmare
  • Game Dispatch

2024

  • Game Batman: Arkham Shadow
  • Game Amanda the Adventurer 2
  • Game Fear the Spotlight
  • Game Kong: Survivor Instinct
  • Game Awaken: Astral Blade
  • Movie Venom: The Last Dance

2023

  • TV The Apothecary Diaries

2021

  • Game The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 906

    Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh

  2. 1724

    Johann Sebastian Bach

  3. 1866

    Veneto

  4. 1877

    Blantyre mining disaster

  5. 1936

    Dod Orsborne

  6. 1941

    World War II

  7. 1987

    John Adams (composer)

  8. 2005

    Bellview Airlines Flight 210

  9. 2012

    Lance Armstrong

  10. 2013

    Australian Capital Territory

Famous birthday twins

Born on October 22

Georges Brassens

b. 1921

Ichiro Suzuki

b. 1973

Sarah Bernhardt

b. 1844

William IX, Duke of Aquitaine

b. 1071

Tiki Gelana

b. 1987

Edmund Dulac

b. 1882

Barbara Potter

b. 1961

Doris Lessing

b. 1919

Deaths

  • 2001Helmut Krackowizer
  • 1906Paul Cézanne
  • 1891Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow
  • 1859Louis Spohr
  • 1383Ferdinand I of Portugal
  • 741Charles Martel

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abercius of Hieropolis
  • —Christian feast day: Cordula of Cologne
  • —Christian feast day: Donatus of Fiesole
  • —Christian feast day: Mellonius
  • —Christian feast day: Nunilo and Alodia
  • —Christian feast day: Pope John Paul II
  • —Christian feast day: October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —International Stuttering Awareness Day

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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