Talk:October 22

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this box.

October 22 Scilly naval disaster 1707 – In one of the worst maritime disasters in the history of the British Isles, at least 1,400 sailors on four Royal Navy ships were lost in stormy weather (pictured) off the Isles of Scilly. 1940 – After evading Vichy French and Francoist Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile. 1945 – Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months. 1964 – The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously. 1989 - TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport killing 131 out of 146 people onboard. 2005 – Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board. Charles Kingston (b. 1850) Edith Kawelohea McKinzie (b. 1925) James K. Baxter (d. 1972) Betty Binns Fletcher (d. 2012) More anniversaries: October 21 October 22 October 23

Nonsense (?)

I removed the following, since it lacks a date and doesn't seem to be of any value.

• Mark English - voted worlds best tiddlywinks player --Badger151 06:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Nonsense indeed. I'd say we get about 50 or so instances of such "vanity" edits to the Wikicalendar project each day. Normally Mr. English would have been a redlink, but since he shares his name with a notable person, the bluelink might have made this nonsense addition less obvious. Thanks for reverting it. Fabricationary 06:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Deaths missing

These are missing for the 22nd October. Does the admin have a backup to restore them from? I am new to this, so this may not be the right place for this comment, but spent a few minutes reading the guidance before doing so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.33.227.210 (talk) 14:54, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Bernhardt

Hello, I just note that an important person is missing from births: Sarah Bernhardt (October 22, 1844 – March 26, 1923) I hope somebody will take care of that. Best regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ticka nistor (talk • contribs) 20:56, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Done! Karl 334 (talk) 22:08, 9 March 2011 (UTC)