📅 October 22 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on October 22? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1797André-Jacques Garnerin made the first known parachute jump, in Paris
- 1884The world agreed that the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) would run through Greenwich, London
- 1975The Soviet probe Venera 9 landed on Venus and sent back the first pictures from its surface
- 2008India launched Chandrayaan-1, its first spacecraft to the Moon
🎂 Born on October 22
- ⚾ Ichiro Suzuki (1973) — baseball player
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October 22 quiz
In what year? 🪂 André-Jacques Garnerin made the first known parachute jump, in Paris
In what year? 🌐 The world agreed that the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) would run through Greenwich, London
In what year? 🪐 The Soviet probe Venera 9 landed on Venus and sent back the first pictures from its surface
Which famous person was born on October 22?