Autrefois:

• Oct 22 Laos gains independence from France, 1953
• Oct 22 Franz Liszt born in Doborjan, Hungary, 1811
• Oct 22 Pablo Casals dies in Puerto Rico, 1973
• Oct 22 Nadia Boulanger dies, 1979
• Oct 22 Louis Spohr dies in Frankfurt, Germany, 1859