October 22 in history: Creation of international time zones and more
Authored By Vyomica Berry
Published: Oct 22, 2021, 02:37 IST | Updated: Oct 22, 2021, 02:37 IST
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1797
First parachute jump is made by André-Jacques Garnerin from a balloon above Paris.
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1884
24 international time zones with longitude zero at Greenwich meridian is created.
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1964
Jean-Paul Sartre turns down Nobel Prize in Literature fearing “institutionalisation.”
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2008
India's first lunar space probe, Chandrayaan-1, is launched.
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2010
WikiLeaks releases US documents relating to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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