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Historical Events on October 22

  • Princeton University

    1746

    The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.

  • Battle of Red Bank

    1777

    American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.

  • Thomas Edison

    1879

    Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).

  • Guy Môquet

    1941

    World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.

  • Operation Osoaviakhim

    1946

    Soviet Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post-World-War-II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.

  • Kashmir conflict

    1947

    Kashmir conflict starts, a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan, having started just after the partition of India in 1947.

  • Vietnam War

    1957

    Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.

  • Henry Kissinger

    1972

    Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.

  • Pope John Paul II

    1978

    Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II.

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