22nd of October 2026
22nd of October 2026 is the 295th day of the year.
This day in history:
1707: Scilly Naval Disaster – 2000 Drown - ...more
1814: First Plastic Surgery in Britain - ...more
1877: Blantyre Mining Disaster - ...more
1910: Crippen convicted at Old Bailey - ...more
1966: George Blake Escapes from Wormwood Scrubs - ...more
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British quote for the day:
There are hardly two things more peculiarly English than Welsh rarebit and Irish stew - GK Chesterton.
Born today:
Frederick Twort - 1877, Sir Matthew Smith - 1879, Edgell Rickword - 1898, John Blashford-Snell (Col) - 1936, Sir Derek Jacobi - 1938.
Died today:
Thomas Sheraton - 1806, Thomas Reid - 1883, Hewlett Johnson - 1966, Ewan MacColl - 1989, Harold Hopkins - 1994.
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