Today in History
22 October
199 births · 92 deaths · 49 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1980
Niall Breslin
Irish musician and rugby player (born 1980)
Notable Births
All 199 ›
Brian Branch
b. 2001
American football player (born 2001)
Jo Yuri
b. 2001
South Korean singer and actress (born 2001)
Baby Keem
b. 2000
American rapper and record producer (born 2000)
Geraldo Perdomo
b. 1999
Dominican baseball player (born 1999)
B.I (rapper)
b. 1996
South Korean rapper (born 1996)
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
b. 1996
Norwegian cross-country skier (born 1996)
Corbin Burnes
b. 1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Niall Breslin
b. 1980
Irish musician and rugby player (born 1980)
Notable Deaths
All 92 ›
Richard A. Cash
d. 2024
American global health researcher (1941–2024)
Grizzly 399
d. 2024
American grizzly bear (1996–2024)
Gustavo Gutiérrez
d. 2024
Peruvian theologian (1928–2024)
Lynda Obst
d. 2024
American film producer and author (1950–2024)
Fernando Valenzuela
d. 2024
Mexican baseball player (1960–2024)
Peter Scolari
d. 2021
American actor (1955–2021)
George Young (rock musician)
d. 2017
Australian rock musician (1946–2017)
Thomas Mayne Reid
d. 1883
British novelist and tutor (1818–1883)
On This Day in History
All 49 ›2019
Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.
Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland
2014
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.
2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa
2013
The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.
Australian Capital Territory
2012
Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.
Lance Armstrong
2008
India launches its first uncrewed lunar probe mission Chandrayaan-1.
Exploration of the Moon
2007
A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos, with all except one dying in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and ten damaged.
Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base
2006
A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a national referendum.
Panama Canal expansion project
2005
Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season.
Tropical Storm Alpha