October 22 in history: • 1707 – In one of the worst maritime disasters in the history of the British Isles, at least 1,400 sailors on four Royal Navy ships were lost in stormy weather (pictured) off the Isles of Scilly. → go there • 1940 – 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. → go there • 1945 – Workers at the Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, began a labor strike against the American Tobacco Company that lasted more than five months. → go there • 1964 – The first volume of Ian Fleming's children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was published posthumously. → go there • 1989 – TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 crashed in approach to Toncontín International Airport, killing 131 out of 146 people onboard. → go there • 2005 – Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashed in Ogun State, Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board. → go there Born 1850: Charles Kingston Wiki link Born 1925: Edith Kawelohea McKinzie Wiki link Died 1972: James K. Baxter Wiki link Died 2012: Betty Binns Fletcher Wiki link Pictured: Scilly naval disaster.