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October 22, 2015

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Historical Context for October 22, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]

Notable Deaths

Willem Aantjes

2015Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (born 1923)[†]

Willem "Wim" Aantjes was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

2015Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1927)[†]

Çetin Altan was a Turkish writer, journalist, and a member of parliament. He was considered one of the finest writers in the modern Turkish language of the late 20th century.

Murphy Anderson

2015Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (born 1926)[†]

Murphy C. Anderson Jr. was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. He worked on such characters as Hawkman, Batgirl, Zatanna, the Spectre, and Superman, as well as on the Buck Rogers daily syndicated newspaper comic strip. Anderson also contributed for many years to PS, the preventive maintenance comics magazine of the U.S. Army.

2015Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (born 1945)[†]

Arnold William Klein was an American dermatologist.

Joshua Wheeler

2015Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975)[†]

Joshua Lloyd Wheeler was a United States Army soldier who was killed in Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. He was a master sergeant assigned to the elite Delta Force, and was the first American service member killed in action as a result of enemy fire while fighting ISIS militants. He was also the first American to be killed in action in Iraq since November 2011.

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Headlines from October 22, 2015

Takata Airbag Inquiry Widens

By Ron Nixon, Danielle Ivory and Hiroko Tabuchi

Federal auto safety regulators are now looking at the possibility that side airbags, not just those in front of the driver and front-seat passenger, may be defective.

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