Today
Thursday October 22 2026
- Day of the year
- 295/ 365
- Week
- 432,026
- Days left
- 7081%
- Moon
- 86%Waxing gibbous
Today is Thursday, October 22, 2026. It is day 295 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 70 remain, and 81% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 43.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- October 24United Nations Day
- October 31World Cities Day
- November 5World Tsunami Awareness Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- John Paulpope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
- LonginusRoman soldier, and saint, who pierced the side of Jesus
- Salomebiblical figure, mother of John and Jacob
- Abercius of Hieropolis2nd-century Bishop of Hieropolis and saint
- Wendelin of TrierGerman saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:15
- Sunset
- 18:06
- Length of day
- 10h 51m−3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:40
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Autumn
began on September 22, 2026
Next season
Winter — 60 days, December 21, 2026 (December solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Veterans Day — November 11, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing gibbous
Illumination : 86%
Moon age : 12.0 days
- Next full moon
- October 26, 2026
- Next new moon
- November 9, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Libra
until October 23, 2026 — Scorpio
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1383
The male line of the Portuguese House of Burgundy becomes extinct with the death of King Fernando, leaving only his daughter Beatrice. Rival claimants begin a period of civil war and disorder. Wikipedia
1797
André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris. Wikipedia
1836
Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas. Wikipedia
1844
The Millerites (followers of Baptist preacher William Miller) anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day becomes known as the Great Disappointment. Wikipedia
1895
In Paris, an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100 ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33 ft) to the road below. Wikipedia
1907
A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907. Wikipedia
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1943
World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the British Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless. Wikipedia
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation. Wikipedia
1964
Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize. Wikipedia
1999
Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day October 22
- 1071William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (died 1126)
- 1197Juntoku, Japanese emperor (died 1242)
- 1511Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1553)
- 1729Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor and botanist (died 1798)
- 1870Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)
- 1881Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
- 1903George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
- 1919Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Died on this day October 22
- 741Charles Martel, Frankish political and military leader (born 688)aged 53 years
- 1383Ferdinand I of Portugal, Portuguese king (born 1345)aged 38 years
- 1853Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan revolutionary general and politician, President of Uruguay (born 1784)aged 69 years
- 1906Paul Cézanne, French painter (born 1839)aged 67 years
- 1973Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (born 1876)aged 97 years
- 1986Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)aged 93 years
- 2005Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (born 1928)aged 77 years
- 2007Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (born 1904)aged 103 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 07:15 and sets at 18:06, giving 10h 51m of daylight — 3 minutes less than yesterday. It has been autumn since September 22, 2026; winter opens in 60 days, on December 21, 2026 (December solstice).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 86% illuminated. The next full moon falls on October 26, 2026 and the next new moon on November 9, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches October 22 to John Paul, Longinus and Salome.
No United Nations international day falls on October 22. The next one on the calendar is United Nations Day, on October 24.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: The male line of the Portuguese House of Burgundy becomes extinct with the death of King Fernando, leaving only his daughter Beatrice (1383); André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris (1797). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
William IX was born on October 22, 1071; Charles Martel died on October 22, 741.
64 days remain until Christmas and 71 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — October 22 falls under the sign of Libra.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 81%
- of the year elapsed
- 64
- until Christmas
- 71
- until New Year
- 495
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26