October 22

Events

 * 1875 - First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
 * 1878 - was issued a patent for "Quadruplex-Telegraph Repeaters"
 * 1912 - Thomas A. Edison was issued a patent for a "Phonograph-Stylus".
 * 1966 - The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).

Births

 * 1811 –, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
 * 1905 –, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1969)
 * 1921 –, French singer (d. 1981)
 * 1929 –, American songwriter
 * 1937 –, Greek composer (d. 1982)
 * 1942 –, American rock guitarist (d. 1966)
 * 1945 –, American musician
 * 1946 –, American singer (The Rascals)
 * 1949 –, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
 * 1959 –, American composer
 * 1960 –, American bassist (Bad Brains)
 * 1960 –, American musician (Meat Puppets)
 * 1964 –, American singer and songwriter
 * 1965 –, American musician
 * 1965 –, frontman of the Polish deathmetal band Vader
 * 1967 –, Italian composer and conductor
 * 1968 –, Jamaican musician
 * 1969 –, Belgian singer
 * 1974 –, American musician
 * 1976 –, American musician (Switchfoot)
 * 1980 –, American musician (Brand New)
 * 1983 –, English rapper
 * 1985 –, American musician

Deaths

 * 1613 –, Italian composer
 * 1859 –, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
 * 1935 –, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
 * 1969 –, American singer (b. 1922)
 * 1973 –, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
 * 1979 –, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887)
 * 1985 –, Romanian soprano (b. 1894)
 * 2005 –, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)