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| October 22nd, 2006 (October 22 2006) | Event | A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama. | |
| October 22nd, 2006 (October 22 2006) | Death | Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (born in 1922) | |
| October 22nd, 1986 (October 22 1986) | Birth | Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player | |
| October 22nd, 1986 (October 22 1986) | Death | Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1893) | |
| October 22nd, 1986 (October 22 1986) | Death | Jane Dornacker, musician, actress, and traffic reporter for WNBC Radio. | |
| October 22nd, 1986 (October 22 1986) | Death | Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician | |
| October 22nd, 1976 (October 22 1976) | Event | Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada. | |
| October 22nd, 1976 (October 22 1976) | Birth | Jon Foreman, American musician (Switchfoot) | |
| October 22nd, 1976 (October 22 1976) | Birth | Helen Svedin, Swedish model | |
| October 22nd, 1966 (October 22 1966) | Event | The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A Go-Go). | |
| October 22nd, 1966 (October 22 1966) | Birth | Valeria Golino, Italian actress | |
| October 22nd, 1956 (October 22 1956) | Event | A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan. | |
| October 22nd, 1956 (October 22 1956) | Birth | Frank DiPino, American baseball player | |
| October 22nd, 1946 (October 22 1946) | Event | Forty four British sailors die when two British warships hit mines off the coast of Albania. | |
| October 22nd, 1946 (October 22 1946) | Birth | Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon | |
| October 22nd, 1946 (October 22 1946) | Birth | Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality | |
| October 22nd, 1946 (October 22 1946) | Birth | Eddie Brigati, American singer (The Rascals) | |
| October 22nd, 1936 (October 22 1936) | Birth | Bobby Seale, American civil rights activist | |
| October 22nd, 1926 (October 22 1926) | Event | J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal. | Harry Houdini Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1906 (October 22 1906) | Death | Paul Cezanne, French painter (born in 1839) | |
| October 22nd, 1896 (October 22 1896) | Birth | Charles Glen King, American biochemist (died in 1988) | |
| October 22nd, 1886 (October 22 1886) | Birth | Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (died in 1970) | |
| October 22nd, 1866 (October 22 1866) | Event | Paraguay: Battle of Curupayti against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. | |
| October 22nd, 1836 (October 22 1836) | Event | Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas. | |
| October 22nd, 1746 (October 22 1746) | Event | The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. | |
