22nd Oct: Smart is Cool Day (United States of America).
22nd Oct: National Color Day (United States of America).
Important Events on 22nd of October
1633 A.D. = In the Battle of Liaoluo Bay, Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming Naval Forces in southern Fujian Sea.
1721 A.D. = Tsar Peter the Great titles himself "Emperor of All Russia".
1797 A.D. = First parachute jump is made over Paris (3,300 feet above Paris).
1879 A.D. = Great Scientist and Inventor Thomas Edison perfects the Carbonized cotton filament light bulb.
1884 A.D. = The International Meridian Conference in Washington D.C., United States of America adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Worldwide as World’s Prime Meridian, and creates 24 International Time Zones with Longitude Zero at the Greenwich Meridian.
1938 A.D. = First Xerox Image was created by Inventor Chester Carlson. That image was - “10.-22.-38 ASTORIA” on a glass microscope slide.
1965 A.D. = The Highway Beautification Act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
1975 A.D. = The first image from the surface of Venus were received after the Soviet Spacecraft Venera 9 landed on the planet Venus.
2008 A.D. = The famous Android App store -Google Play was launched.
2009 A.D. = Tech giant Microsoft released the Windows 7 operating system.
Important Birthdays on 22nd of October
1952 A.D. = Jeff Goldblum (American Actor).
Important Death Anniversaries on 22nd of October
2006 A.D. = Arthur Hill (Canadian-American Actor).
