Factoids

October 22
(1977)

Events

1934- In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robbery, bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.


1968- Apollo program: ''Apollo 7" safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.

1976 -FD&C Red No. 4Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.


Births

1938 - Christopher Lloyd, American actor

1942- Annette Funicello, American actress

1963- Brian Boitano, American figure skater

1990 - Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor


Deaths

1978 - John Riley, English poet (murdered)

1992- Cleavon Little, American actor

1995- Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer

1998 - Eric Ambler, English novelist


Holidays and observances

Anti Police Brutality Day