Historical Events for 22nd October 2022

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1899 - British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa
1928 - China expels all Russian instructors and civil servants
1942 - Operation Flagpole: US Major General Mark Clark and Brigadier General Lyman Lemnitzer meet Vichy French Général Charles Mast secretly in small fishing village of Cherchell, Algeria to finalize plans for Allied Invasion of North Africa
1978 - New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12
1978 - Pope John Paul II is inaugurated as Pope
1997 - Larry Flynt sells Hustler to an under-age buyer in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati, Ohio
2012 - MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3
2018 - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison makes a public apology to victims of child sexual abuse in institutions
2018 - Cameroon's President Paul Biya wins seventh term in office, extending his 36 years in office, in election marred by intimidation and low turnout
2018 - Actress Selma Blair reveals she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis

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