Friday, October 22, 1683

A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack.

In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill.

Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.

TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport, killing 131 out of 146 people onboard.

John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.

With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, the Supremes became the first all-female group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart.

The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously.

Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months.

After evading Vichy French and Francoist Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.

The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.

Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat, was convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.

The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California.