{"id":6435,"date":"2021-10-22T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=189252"},"modified":"2021-10-22T07:24:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T05:24:09","slug":"22-october-on-this-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/22-october-on-this-day-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"22 October: On this day in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Dominic Sandbrook\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 22 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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22 October 1797<\/h3>\n
Andre-Jacques Garnerin jumps from a balloon above Paris to make the world\u2019s first recorded parachute jump.<\/p>\n

22 October 1811<\/h3>\n
Birth of Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor Franz Liszt. Considered one of the greatest pianists of all time, his circle of friends included Chopin, Berlioz, Wagner, the painter Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix and the poet Heinrich Heine.<\/p>\n

22 October 1878<\/h3>\n
In the first recorded rugby match under floodlights, held at the Yew Street Ground in Salford, Broughton beat local rivals Swinton.<\/p>\n

22 October 1797<\/h3>\nAndre-Jacques Garnerin jumps from a balloon above Paris to make the world\u2019s first recorded parachute jump.<\/p>\n

22 October 1811<\/h3>\nBirth of Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor Franz Liszt. Considered one of the greatest pianists of all time, his circle of friends included Chopin, Berlioz, Wagner, the painter Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix and the poet Heinrich Heine.<\/p>\n

22 October 1797<\/h3>\n
Andre-Jacques Garnerin jumps from a balloon above Paris to make the world\u2019s first recorded parachute jump.<\/p>\n

22 October 1811<\/h3>\n
Birth of Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor Franz Liszt. Considered one of the greatest pianists of all time, his circle of friends included Chopin, Berlioz, Wagner, the painter Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix and the poet Heinrich Heine.<\/p>\n