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22 Oct 2009
Microsoft released the Windows 7 operating system.
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22 Oct 2008
India's first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, was launched.
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22 Oct 2008
Google Play was launched.
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22 Oct 1981
The US gross national debt exceeded $1 trillion.
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22 Oct 1979
The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida received its 100-millionth visitor.
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22 Oct 1975
The first images from the surface of Venus were received after the Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 landed on the planet.
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22 Oct 1969
Paul McCartney publicly declared he's not dead.
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22 Oct 1957
François Duvalier, also known as Papa Doc, became the President of Haiti.
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22 Oct 1948
In-N-Out Burger opened its first restaurant in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles, US.
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22 Oct 1942
The American drama movie 'Now, Voyager' premiered in New York City, US.
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22 Oct 1938
Inventor Chester Carlson created the first Xerox image.
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22 Oct 1936
End of the Long March in China.
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22 Oct 1934
American bank robber Charles Arthur Floyd, AKA Pretty Boy Floyd, was shot dead by the FBI.
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22 Oct 1884
The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, UK, was adopted as the world's Prime Meridian.
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22 Oct 1836
Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
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22 Oct 1797
The world's first recorded parachute jump occurred from 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above Paris.
