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This is a list of selected October 22 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
International Stuttering Awareness Day stub
1383King Ferdinand I died without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, resulting in a period of civil war and anarchy. refimprove, Ferdinand article too short (and refimprove)
1836Sam Houston became the first president of the Republic of Texas. tagged for expansion
1883 – The Metropolitan Opera in New York City opened with a performance of French composer Charles Gounod's opera Faust. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1924 – The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California. Tagged with {{primarysources}}
1934Pretty Boy Floyd, an American bank robber and alleged killer who was later romanticized by the media, was gunned down by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents near East Liverpool, Ohio. lots of {{cn}} tags
1964 – After the Nobel Committee announced that he had won the Nobel Prize in Literature, French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre became the first Nobel Laureate to voluntarily decline the prize, saying that he did not wish to be "transformed" by such an award. refimprove section
1999Vichy France official Maurice Papon was jailed for crimes against humanity committed during World War II. unreferenced section
2006 – An expansion project to double the Panama Canal's capacity was approved by Panamanian voters in a national referendum by a wide margin. original research

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October 22: Labour Day in New Zealand (2012)

Cuban missiles

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