Template:Selected anniversaries/October 22

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  • 1659: Chemist and physician Georg Ernst Stahl born. His works on phlogiston will be accepted as an explanation for chemical processes until the late 18th century.

    1659: Chemist and physician Georg Ernst Stahl born. His works on phlogiston will be accepted as an explanation for chemical processes until the late 18th century.

  • 1879: Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).

    1879: Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).

  • 1904: Illustration of The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter awarded Pulitzer Award for Best Investigative Reporting.

    1904: Illustration of The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter awarded Pulitzer Award for Best Investigative Reporting.

  • 1905: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky born. He will be one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

    1905: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky born. He will be one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

  • 1927: Physicist, engineer, and inventor Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including single-phase electric power.

    1927: Physicist, engineer, and inventor Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including single-phase electric power.

  • 2005: The Venus Express detects evidence of electrical artificial intelligence AESOP in orbit around the planet Venus.

    2005: The Venus Express detects evidence of electrical artificial intelligence AESOP in orbit around the planet Venus.

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