22 October History
- 741 - Charles Martel of Gaul dies at Quiezy. His mayoral power is divided between his two sons, Pepin III and Carloman.
- 1746 - Princeton University, in New Jersey, receives its charter.
- 1797 - The first successful parachute descent is made by Andre-Jacqes Garnerin, who jumps from a balloon at some 2,200 feet over Paris.
- 1824 - The Tennessee Legislature adjourns ending Davy Crockett's state political career.
- 1836 - Sam Houston sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1862 - Union troops push 5,000 confederates out of Maysbille, Ark., at the Second Battle of Pea Ridge.
- 1859 - Spain declares war on the Moors in Morocco.
- 1907 - Ringling Brothers buys Barnum & Bailey.
- 1914 - U.S. places economic support behind Allies.
- 1918 - The cities of Baltimore and Washington run out of coffins during the "Spanish Inflenza" epidemic.
- 1938 - Chester Carlson invents the photocopier. He tries to sell the machine to IBM, RCA, Kodak and others, but they see no use for a gadget that makes nothing but copies.
- 1954 - As a result of the Geneva accords granting Communist control over North Vietnam, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes a crash program to train the South Vietnamese Army.
- 1955 - The prototype of the F-105 Thunder Chief makes its maiden flight.
- 1962 - U.S. reveals Soviet missile sites in Cuba. President Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade on further shipment of military equipment to Cuba. Following a confrontation that threatens nuclear war, Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on October 28 on a formula to end the crisis. On November 2 Kennedy reports that Soviet missile bases in Cuba are being dismantled.
- 1964 - Jean Paul Satre declines the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 1966 - The Soviet Union launches Luna 12 for orbit around the moon
- 1972 - Operation Linebacker I, the bombing of North Vietnam with B-52 bombers, ends.
22 October Birthdays
- 1811 - Franz Liszt, piano virtuoso.
- 1882 - N.C. Wyeth, painter famous for his illustrations of Treasure Island and Robin Hood.
- 1887 - John Reed, American journalist, poet and revolutionary, (Ten Days That Shook the World).
- 1903 - George Beadle, American geneticist.
- 1919 - Doris Lessing, novelist (Children of Violence, The Golden Notebook).
- 1920 - Timothy Leary, American psychologist who experimented with psychedelic drugs.
- 1925 - Rober Rauschenberg, pop artist.