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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_22" title="October 22">October 22</a></b>:
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1727" title="1727">1727</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain"><span class="nowrap">George II</span></a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_of_Ansbach" title="Caroline of Ansbach">Caroline of Ansbach</a></b> were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_the_British_monarch" title="Coronation of the British monarch">crowned</a> king and queen of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740" title="1740">1740</a> – A two-week <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740_Batavia_massacre" title="1740 Batavia massacre">massacre of ethnic Chinese</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jakarta#Dutch_East_India_Company_(17th_%E2%80%93_18th_century)" title="History of Jakarta">Batavia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a>, came to an end with at least 10,000 people killed.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dod_Orsborne" title="Dod Orsborne">Dod Orsborne</a>, captain of the <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Pat" title="Girl Pat">Girl Pat</a></b></i>, was convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a> – With their album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Supremes_A%27_Go-Go" title="The Supremes A' Go-Go">The Supremes A' Go-Go</a></i>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Supremes" title="The Supremes">the Supremes</a></b> became the first all-female group to reach number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> chart.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(composer)" title="John Adams (composer)">John Adams'</a> opera <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_in_China" title="Nixon in China">Nixon in China</a></b></i> premiered.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Scott_(governor)" title="Charles Scott (governor)">Charles Scott</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1813); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Chopra" title="Deepak Chopra">Deepak Chopra</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1946); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Baxter" title="James K. Baxter">James K. Baxter</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1972)</p>
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