On This Day - October 22

Events through the years on October 22

1995 Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic died

1994 "Philadelphia, Here I Come" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 performances

Brian Friel Books

1964 Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.

Jean Paul Sartre Books

1948 Debbie Macomber is an author of romance novels and contemporary women's fiction. Born on October 22, 1948 in Yakima, Washington, USA. Many of her novels have been adapted for tv movies or tv series. The Manning Brides is one of her most popular stories.

Debbie Macomber Books

1931 Ann Rule was born on October 22, 1935 in Lowell, Michigan, the United States of America. Ann Rule has written many books on murderers, serial killers, child murderers and the like. You Belong To Me is the second book in her Ann Rule's Crime Files series. Everything She Ever Wanted and Dead By Sunset are stand alone true crime books.

Ann Rule Books

1919 Doris Lessing was born on October 22, 1919 in Iran and died on Noveber 17,2013 in London. Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007, becoming the oldest person to do so. The Grass Is Singing is her first novel.

Doris Lessing Books

1906 Henry Ford becomes President of Ford Motor Company

Robert Lacey Books