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On this day timelines October 22nd

Events

1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).

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1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.

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1975 – The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.

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2001 – Grand Theft Auto III was released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.

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Births

1938 – Christopher Lloyd, American actor and singer

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1943 – Jan de Bont, Dutch director, producer, and cinematographer

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1946 – Eddie Brigati, American singer-songwriter (The Rascals)

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1952 – Jeff Goldblum, American actor, singer, and producer

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1968 – Shelby Lynne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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