WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025

794-Japanese Emperor Kanmu relocates the capital from Nara to Heian-kyo (now Kyoto)

1879-Thomas Edison perfects the carbonized cotton filament light bulb

1948-First Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Navy sinks Egyptian Navy flagship 'King Farouk' using explosive-laden motorboat in the Mediterranean Sea near Gaza

1951-Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed

1953-Laos gains full independence from France

1954-West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization

1962-U.S. President John F. Kennedy makes a live television address about Soviet missile bases in Cuba and imposes a naval blockade on Cuba, beginning the Cuban Missile Crisis

1964-French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses the Nobel Prize for Literature, saying he doesn't want to be "institutionalized"

1958-FirstJapanese anime feature film in color "The Tale of the White Serpent" released, produced by Toei Doga Company

1961-75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium

2004-Discovery and isolation of new wonder material Graphene announced in paper by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov (Nobel Prize 2010). Incredibly they used scotch tape to peal layers off Graphite. ]