october 22: what happened to that day
French aeronaut Andre-Jacques Garnerin in 1797 made the first ever parachute jump from an aircraft - a balloon (from a height of 1000 m above one of the parks of Paris)
French aeronaut Andre-Jacques Garnerin in 1797 made the first ever parachute jump from an aircraft - a balloon (from a height of 1000 m above one of the parks of Paris).
In 1822, the first School of Topographers began in Russia.
On this day, but in 1842, jeweler Gustav Faberge opened a jewelry workshop in St. Petersburg.
In 1918, the Union of Soviet Journalists received a statement: “I ask you to enroll me in the professional Union of Soviet Journalists.” V. Ulyanov (Lenin). The request was granted.
On October 22, German astronomer and mathematician Erasmus Reingold (1511); American naturalist, zoologist Konstantin Samuel Rafinesk (1783); Russian manufacturer, book publisher, philanthropist Kozma Soldatenkov (1818); French poet, composer and chansonnier Georges Brassens (1921).
