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100 years anniversary | ||||
22 Oct 1925 | Robert Rauschenberg: Port Arthur, Texas -- Painter (Gloria) | |||
22 Oct 1925 | Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012) | |||
22 Oct 1925 | Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (d. 2008) | |||
22 Oct 1925 | Robert Rauschenberg US, painter (Gloria) | |||
22 Oct 1925
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld |
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld (technology) Julius Edgar Lilienfeld files the first patent for a form of field-effect transistor. |
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75 years anniversary | ||||
22 Oct 1950 | LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27 | |||
22 Oct 1950 | LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27 | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
22 Oct 1975 | Melchior Schoenmakers: Soccer player (SC Heerenveen) | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Arnold Toynbee: English Historian / cultural sociologist, dies at 86 | |||
22 Oct 1975 | "Me & Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 453 performances | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Cin Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna | |||
22 Oct 1975 | World Football League disbands | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Martín Cardetti, Argentinian footballer | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor and singer | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer | |||
22 Oct 1975 | The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus. | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Cin Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series | |||
22 Oct 1975 | Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus | |||
22 Oct 1975 | World Football League disbands | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
22 Oct 2000 | George Michael paid £1.45m for the Steinway piano on which John Lennon wrote 'Imagine.' George said, "I know that when my fingers touch the keys of that Steinway, I will feel truly blessed. And parting with my money has never been much of a problem, just ask my accountant." The singer outbid Robbie Williams and The Oasis brothers. | |||
22 Oct 2000 | Pearl Jam appeared at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, California, celebrating the tenth anniversary of their first live performance as a band. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
22 Oct 2005 | Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (b. 1928) | |||
22 Oct 2005 | Tony Adams, Irish-American actor and producer (b. 1953) | |||
22 Oct 2005 | Franky Gee, Cuban-American rapper (Captain Jack) (b. 1962) | |||
22 Oct 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. | |||
22 Oct 2005 | Waterloo by Abba was voted the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. Viewers in 31 countries across Europe voted during a special show in Copenhagen to celebrate the annual event's 50th birthday. |