WHAT HAPPENED ON 22. OCTOBER
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The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go). (22. October 1966)

The Soviet Union launches Luna 12. (22. October 1966)

Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times. (22. October 1968)

Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris. (22. October 1972)

The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus. (22. October 1975)

Red 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. (22. October 1976)

Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II. (22. October 1978)

The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August. (22. October 1981)

Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons. (22. October 1983)

Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity. (22. October 1999)

Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms. (22. October 2005)

A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama. (22. October 2006)

Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged. (22. October 2007)

India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1. (22. October 2008)

The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality Legislation Australian Capital Territory, 2013 (22. October 2013)