Birthdays occurring on October, 22

1811

Franz Liszt was born on October 22, 1811 Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny. More quotations from Franz Liszt

1844

Sarah Bernhardt was born on October 22, 1844 The greatest French actress of the 19th century, and one of the best-known figures in the history of the stage. 1844-1923 Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me. More quotations from Sarah Bernhardt

1887

John Reed was born on October 22, 1887 American poet, 1887-1920 In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. More quotations from John Reed

Deaths occurring on October, 22

1986

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi died on October 22, 1986 Hungarian biochemist, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893-1986 Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought More quotations from Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

1994

Rollo May died on October 22, 1994 Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. More quotations from Rollo May

1995

Kingsley Amis died on October 22, 1995 English novelist, poet, critic and teacher, He created in Lucky Jim, 1954 a comic figure who became a household word in Great Britain in the 1950s. 1922-1995 I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so can admit to shady, dishonest, crawling, cowardly, unjust, arrogant, snobbish, lecherous, perverted and generally shameful feelings that I don't want anybody else to know about; but most of all because I am always on the verge of violent laughter when talking to you. If you were here, I keep thinking, we would spend the time in talk and drink and smoke and I should be laughing a lot of the time, and I should be enjoying myself a lot of the time. More quotations from Kingsley Amis