In History – Disney World celebrates 100-millionth guest

TODAY IN HISTORY: 10/22

1746 - Princeton University (NJ) received its charter
1879 - Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb
1907 - Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus
1978 - Pope John Paul II is inaugurated as Pope
1979 - Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest (after being open 8 years...since 1971...Disney World celebrated their 100-millionth guest.  Now, it is the most-visited vacation destination in the world according to Forbes with over 52-million visitors each year)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1981 - Best-selling author Michael Crichton (39) weds broadcast journalist Suzanne Childs
1993 - Actor James Coburn (65) weds Paula Murad (37)
2001 - Tennis champion Andre Agassi (31) weds fellow tennis champion Steffi Graf (32) in Las Vegas, Nevada

GOODBYE TO:

2009 - Soupy Sales, American comedian and television personality (b. 1926)

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