Today in History for 22nd October 2016:
Historical Events
1633 – Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea
1884 – General Gordon receives letter of Mahdi
1936 – 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
1978 – 8th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30
1997 – Larry Flynt sells Hustler in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati
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.
Famous Birthdays
1592 – Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)
1922 – John H Chafee, (Sen-R-Rhode Island, 1976- )
1948 – John Peterson, US, Middleweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
1975 – Melchior Schoenmakers, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1976 – Helen Svedin, Swedish model
1990 – Jonathan William Lipnicki, actor (Jeff Foxworthy Show, Jerry McGuirre)
Famous Deaths
1917 – Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
1981 – Michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana), dies
1995 – Simone Gallimard, publisher, dies at 77
1996 – Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter, dies at 42
1998 – Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909)
2005 – Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)