Born on 22 October 1959

At A Glance

22 October 1959 at a glance

Day of the week

22 October 1959 was a Thursday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“The Three Bells” by The Browns was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1959

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1959 was Ben-Hur.

Star sign

The star sign for 22 October is Libra.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 22 October 1959 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 22 October 1959 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 22 October

• 1946 Over twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their families and equipment.
• 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
• 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.
• 1975 The Soviet uncrewed space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
• 1981 The US Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.

Famous people born on 22 October

• Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian (born 1962)
• Jeff Goldblum, American actor and producer (born 1952)
• Christopher Lloyd, American actor, comedian and producer (born 1938)
• Javier Milei, Argentine politician and economist, President of Argentina (born 1970)

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