Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 22
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October 22: Labour Day in New Zealand (2007); International Stuttering Awareness Day
- 1383 - In Portugal, a period of civil war and anarchy began when King Ferdinand I died without a male heir to the Portuguese throne.
- 1844 - Millerites and members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church were greatly disappointed that Jesus did not return as predicted by preacher William Miller (pictured).
- 1924 - Toastmasters International was founded.
- 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced on television that Soviet nuclear weapons had been discovered in Cuba and that he had ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation.
- 1999 - Vichy France official Maurice Papon was jailed for crimes against humanity committed during World War II.
Recent days: October 21 – October 20 – October 19
