Born on 22 October 1967

At A Glance

22 October 1967 at a glance

Day of the week

22 October 1967 was a Sunday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“The Last Waltz” by Engelbert Humperdinck 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 1967

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1967 was The Jungle Book.

Star sign

The star sign for 22 October is Libra.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 22 October 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 22 October 1967 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 22 October

• 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.
• 1987 John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.

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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