History Events - October 23
History Events
Events on Oct 22
- Ex-Emperor Hanazono became a Zen priest
- Great Alliance occupies Rijsel
- Czar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator"
- Princeton University (NJ) received its charter
- Russia leaves second anti-French Coalition
- Duke of Wellington seizes Burgos Spain
- 1st ship sails by Erie-channel (Rome-Utica)
- Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of the Republic of Texas
- 7th day adventists wait for appearance of Jesus
- 1st telegraph line linking West and East coasts completed
- Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
- Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
- Sons of American Revolution organizes
- Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert
- 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden)
- Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust)
- General Gordon receives letter of Mahdi
- Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series October 23-25 at Polo Grounds NYC to determine baseball champion
- John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union
- British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa
- Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship
- 3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia
- Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus
- Explosion at Dawson NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers
- Lucerne Street in Bronx named
- China expels all Russian instructors and civil servants
- President Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism"
- French government of Briand falls
- James H Scullin forms Australia government
- 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult
- SC Genemuiden soccer team forms
- Charles de Broqueville becomes Premier of Belgium
- George Kaufman and Edna Ferbers "Dinner at 8, " premieres in New York City
- Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- 18th PGA Championship: Johnny Revolta at Twin Hills Country Club - Oklahoma City
- 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
- Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine
- 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs. Dodgers
- 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
- US gens Clark and Lemnitzer and French General Mast meet secretly in Algeria
- 2 British ships sink near Albania
- Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel
- 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland
- Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2)
- LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
- Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed
- Laos gains full independence from France
- West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting
- France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella
- Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany
- KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
- "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 448 performances
- Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer
- 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium
- Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Golf Civitan
- JFK addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba
- JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis
- JFK receives Ugandan Premier Milton Obote
- Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center
- 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest
- EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers, " they go on to become The Who
- French philosopher / Author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
- USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
- Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA Carlsbad Jaycee Golf Open
- Apollo 7 returns to Earth
- KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM
- Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death
- Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
- Oakland Athletics 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in World Series
- Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon
- Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War
- Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
- "Me & Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 453 performances
- Cin Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series
- Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus
- Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna
- World Football League disbands
- Rick Barry (San Francisco), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
- International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit
- "King of Hearts" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
- 9th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12
- Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs
- Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)
- Pope John Paul II installed
- Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in New York for medical treatment
- 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
- New South Korean constitution comes into effect
- Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
- Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW vs. Queensland
- US national debt tops $1 trillion
- Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels
- NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
- Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
- Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win
- "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 6 performances
- "Cabaret" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 262 performances
- Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky
- Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time
- Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open
- Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia
- General Motors announces 9 month lose of $2.2 billion
- Atlanta, becomes 1st US team to win a World Series game out of US
- Space Shuttle STS 52 (Columbia 13) launches into space
- Actor James Coburn (65) weds Paula Murad (37)
- Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk
- "Philadelphia, Here I Come" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 performances
- Statue of Sam Houston unveiled in Texas
- Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km)
- "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 performances
- New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
- 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11
- Cleveland Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games
- Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon
- Larry Flynt sells Hustler in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati
- New York Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconscious and gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her
- Yahoo completes purchase of Four11
Born on Oct 22
- Georg Balthasar Schott: Composer
- Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino: Composer
- Vincenzo Manfredini: Composer
- Ambrogio Minoja: Composer
- Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz: Composer
- Daniel Steibelt: Composer
- Jan Ackersdijk: Dutch political economist
- Federico Ricci: Composer
- Henry Bohlen: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
- Franz Liszt: Raiding, Hungary -- Romantic composer / virtuoso pianist
- Leconte de Lisle: Writer
- Guglielmo Quarenghi: Composer
- August Labitzky: Composer
- Leopold Damrosch: Composer
- Carl Fuchs: Composer
- Sarah Bernhardt: France -- Actress (Camille, Queen Elizabeth)
- Jacobus Herculas [Uncle Koos] de la Rey: South African politician
- Ivan Bunin: Russia -- Poet / Novelist (Gentleman from SF-Nobel 1933)
- Karl B Adam: German theologist (Christ our Brother)
- Joe Carr: Ohio, United States -- NFL hall of famer / NFL President (1921-39)
- Adolf A Joffe: Russian revolutionary / writer (Brest-Litovsk)
- Viktor Jacobi: Composer
- Giovanni Martinelli: Montagnana, Italy -- Opera singer (New York Met)
- Lothar Windsperger: Composer
- John Reed: Journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions
- Fidelio Friedrich Finke: Composer
- Charles Glenn King: Biochemist (discovered vitamin C)
- Damaso Alonso: Spanish poet (Hijos de la ira)
- Marcel Mihalovici: Composer
- Edward R Stettinius: United States -- Foreign Minister (1944-45) / diplomat
- George Beadle: US biologist (Nobel 1958)
- Paul Arma: Composer
- Constance Bennett: NYC, New York -- Actress (Easiest Way, Ladies in Love)
- Joseph Kosma: Composer
- Karl Jansky: Czechoslovakia -- Discoverer (cosmic radio emissions in 1932)
- Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren: Dutch composer (Willem Pijper)
- Sidney Kingsley: US playwright (One in White, Darkness at Noon)
- Henriette Wyeth: 1st lady of American art
- Jimmy Foxx: Baseball home run hitter (534, Detroit Tigers)
- Helmut Gollwitzer: German theologist / antifascist
- John Sutton: Rawalpindi, India -- Actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly)
- Litz Pisk: Movement teacher
- Annette Rogers: US sprinter (1932, 36 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- Bo Dai: Last emporer of Vietnam
- Patricia "Boots" Mallory: US dancer / actress (Handle With Care)
- Michael F Howard: British Major General (Gold Stick to the Queen)
- Joan Fontaine: Tokyo, Japan -- Actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca)
- Doris Lessing: Kermanshah, Iran -- Novelist (Golden Notebook)
- Harry Potts: Soccer star / manager
- Mitzi Green: Bronx, New York -- Actress (Little Orphan Annie)
- Georges Brassens: French poet / cabaret singer
- John H Chafee: (Sen-R-Rhode Island, 1976- )
- John Weidner: War hero
- Ton Lensink: Dutch actor (Rituelen)
- Pete Pihos: NFL end (Phil Eagles)
- Robert Rauschenberg: Port Arthur, Texas -- Painter (Gloria)
- Jan A de Jonge: Dutch historian
- Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse: Leader of South African Labour Party
- Ray Stern: Mother of radio personality Howard Stern
- Dory Previn: Rahway, New Jersey -- Pop singer (Love Be My Cover)
- Giorgio Gaslini: Composer
- Lev Jasjin: Russian soccer player (goalie)
- Hikaru Hayashi: Composer
- Donald Herod Peterson: Winona, Mississippi -- Colonel USAF / Astronaut (STS 6)
- Donald McIntyre: Auckland, New Zealand -- Bass-Baritone (Wotan-Das Rheingold)
- Judy Devlin Hashman: 10 time badminton champ (1957-67)
- Neville E Alexander: South African (10 years in Robbeneiland Jail)
- Tadeas Salva: Composer
- Derek Jacobi: London, England -- Actor (Lanner-Strauss Family, Dead Again)
- Joaquim Chissano: President of Mozambique (1986- )
- Ray Jones: Rock bassist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
- Tony Roberts: NYC, New York -- Actor (Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show)
- Charles Keating: London, England -- Actor (Carl Hutchins-Another World)
- Robin John Maconie: Composer
- Allen James Coage: NYC, New York -- HW judo (1976 Olympics - Bronze Medalist)
- Paul Zukofsky: Brooklyn, New York -- Violinist (Cappricio)
- Robert Long [Leverman]: Dutch singer / actor (Vroeger Kon je Lachen)
- Leslie West [Weinstein]: Rocker (Mountain-Mississippi Queen)
- Eddie Brigati: Garfield, New Jersey -- Rock vocalist (Rascals)
- Richard Loncraine: Director (Missionary, Deep Cover, Bellman & True)
- Edward F Feighan: (Rep-D-Ohio, 1983- )
- Lee Meredith [Judith Lee Sauls]: River Edge, New Jersey -- Actress (Producers)
- Neil Burton Rolnick: Composer
- John Peterson: United States -- Middleweight (1976 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
- Manfred Burgsmuller: WLAF kicker (Rhein Fire)
- Roy Ristie: Suriname -- Neth radio host (Apintie, Kankantrie)
- Carla Dunlap: Newark, New Jersey -- Bodybuilder (Pumping Iron 2)
- Bobby Blotzner: Rock drummer (Ratt-Round & Round)
- Todd Graff: NYC, New York -- Actor (Five Corners, Dominic & Eugene)
- Barbara Potter: Connecticut, United States -- Tennis player (changed shirt on Wimbledon Court)
- Donna Wynd: Auckland, New Zealand -- 1k sprint cyclist (1996 Olympics)
- Leonard Marshall: NFL defensive end (New York Giants, New York Jets)
- Derrick Waldroup: Chicago, Illinois -- 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (1996 Olympics)
- Gayle Stammer: Livermore, California -- Beach volleyballer (1996 Olympics)
- Cherie Witter: Everett, Washington -- Playmate (February, 1985)
- Marvin Washington: NFL defensive end (NY Jets, SF 49ers)
- Otis Smith: NFL cornerback (NY Jets)
- Valeria Golino: Naples, Italy -- Actress (Rain Man, Little Flames)
- Keith Osik: Port Jefferson, New York -- Catcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
- Shelby Lynne: Quantico, Virginia -- Country singer (If I Could Bottle This Up)
- Stephane Quintal: Boucherville -- NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
- Cuty [Yumi] Suzuki: Kawaguchi, Japan -- Wrestler (Japan)
- Kevin Carrasco: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic -- Pitcher (Cin Reds)
- Coleman Rudolph: NFL defensive end (New York Giants)
- Steve Campbell: Buffalo, New York -- Tennis star
- Winston Bogarde: Soccer player (Sparta / Ajax)
- Amanda Coetzer: Hoopstad, South Africa -- Tennis star (1996 Aust semi)
- Anthony "Pig" Miller: NBA forward (LA Lakers, Atlanta Hawks)
- Mitchel van der Gaag: Dutch soccer player (PSV, Motherwell)
- Timothy Christopher Carswell: Christchurch, New Zealand -- Cyclist (1996 Olympics)
- Scott Lachance: Charlottesville -- NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
- Tyrone Williams: WLAF / NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears, Rhein Fire)
- Victoria Lagerstrom: Miss Sweden Universe (1997)
- Kathy Butler: Edinburgh, Scotland -- Canad 3k / 5k runner (1992, 96 Olympics - 8th Place)
- Layla Harvest Roberts: Kealakekua, Hawaii -- Playmate (Oct, 1997)
- Miroslav Satan: Topolcany, Slovakia -- NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers, Sabres)
- Melchior Schoenmakers: Soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
- Katrina Bergstrom: Miss North Dakota Teen USA (1996)
Died on Oct 22
- Charles Martel: Ruler of the Franks, dies at 63
- Ferdinand I [the Wise]: King of Portugal
- Gian Galeazzo: Italian Duke of Milan (1476-94)
- Jacob Praetorius: Composer, dies at 65
- Cloudesley Shovell: Admiral, drowns at Scilly
- Herman Witsius [Wits]: Reformed theologist, dies at 72
- Alessandro Scarlatti: Composer, dies at 65
- Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlotti: Composer, dies at 65
- Willem IV KH Friso: Prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 40
- French van Mieris "the Young": Painter / historian, dies at 73
- Samuel Arnold: English composer, dies at 62
- August Harder: Composer, dies at 38
- Joachim H Campe: German theory / author, dies at 72
- Willem G F Bentinck: Earl / politician / organist, dies at 73
- Hans C E Freiherr von Gagern: German advisor to Dutch King, dies at 86
- J Gotthelf: Writer, dies at 57
- Louis (Ludwig) Spohr: Composer (Faust), dies at 75
- Michael Sars: Norwegian zoologist, dies at 64
- Janis Cimze: Composer, dies at 67
- Olivier Metra: Composer, dies at 59
- Bruce F Cummings: English Author (Enjoying Life), dies at 30
- Jules Van de Hill: Belgian lawyer / politician
- Anna Dickinson: Dies just a week shy of her 90th birthday
- Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd: Gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio
- Gustave "Staff" de Clercq: Leader Flemish Nationally Covenant
- Sybren Tulip: NSBer / supt of police in Amsterdam (1941-42)
- Josef Venantius von Woss: Composer, dies at 80
- Augustyn Hlond: Polish cardinal
- Prosper Cocquyt: Belgian brewer / pilot, dies at 54
- Edgar Scauflaire: Belgian, Painter / decorator, dies at 67
- Dipa Nusantara Aidit: Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered at 42
- Paul Tillich: German / US Theologist (Courage To Be)
- Hewlett Johnson: Red Deacon of Canterbury
- Kurt Edzard: German Sculptor (nudist / portraits)
- Pablo Casals: Spanish violin cellist / conductor / composer, dies at 96
- Arnold Toynbee: English Historian / cultural sociologist, dies at 86
- Jesse Bishop: Murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber
- Michael Granger: Actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana)
- Harold Laurence Walters: Composer, dies at 66
- Napoleon Whiting: Actor (Silas-Big Valley), dies at 75
- Jane Dornnacker: WNBC-AM NYC helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes
- Lino Ventura: Italian / French actor (Medusa touch), dies at 68
- Roland Winters: Actor (Jet Pilot, Meet Millie), dies at 84
- Peter Willes: British actor / producer (Way We Live)
- Cleavon Little: Actor (Blazing Saddles), dies of colon cancer at 53
- Red Barber: Sportscaster (Dodgers, Yankees), dies at 84
- Elie A Cohen: Physician (held in Auschwitz), dies at 84
- Fred C Shapiro: US journalist (Tiananmen-square 1989), dies at 62
- Jiri Hajek: Czech lawyer / Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 80
- Chester Williams: Painter, dies at 73
- David Buchan: Ethno-Musicologist, dies at 55
- Fabio Grobart: Founder (Cuban Communist Party)
- Harold Horace Hopkins: Inventor (Endoscope), dies at 75
- Rollo May: Founder (Humanistic Psychology Movement), dies at 85
- Sandy Horn: Lesbian Activist, dies at 59
- Edward Totah: Art Dealer, dies at 46
- K B Wilson: Methodist principal (Westminster College), dies at 50
- Kingsley Amis: Author, dies of injuries from a fall at 73
- Mary Wickes: Actress (Sister Act), dies at 79
- Ralph Whitlock: Writer, dies at 81
- Simone Gallimard: Publisher, dies at 77
- Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant: Aristocrat, dies at 39
- John Bauldie: Music journalist / Dylanologist, dies at 47
- Matthew Harding: Businessman / football supporter, dies at 42
