The spacecraft was expected to spend around 30 minutes on Venus' rough surface, but it ended up sending data for more than 2 hours after landing on March 1, 1982. Since the 1980s, no lander has traveled to the surface of Venus, but numerous orbiters have. Venera 13, a Soviet spacecraft, was the first to send color photos from Venus's surface. Despite the fact that other landers landed before and after Venera 13, images from Venera 13 are more frequently distributed since they are in color.

The Smurfs were developed and launched as a series of comic characters in 1958 by Belgian comics artist Peyo under the name Les Schtroumpfs. There are over 100 Smurf personalities, and their names are based on adjectives that highlight their traits, such as "Jokey Smurf," who enjoys playing practical jokes on his fellow smurfs. The first female Smurf presented in the series was "Smurfette." On October 23, 1958, Spirou issued their first full-length appearance. The characters were a tremendous hit, and the first standalone Smurf stories, as well as the first merchandise, debuted in Spirou in 1959.

Alfred Nobel, the founder of Nobel Prize was born on October 21st in the year 1833. He was a Swedish engineer, chemist, entreprenur, inventor and philanthropist. Even a synthetic element Nobelium has been named after him. Nobel Prize are given till date in so many fields and the credit goes to him.

The Jumanji star, Robin Williams a renowned actor at the age of 60 got married for the third time to a renowned graphic designer Susan Schneider on October 22 in the year 2011. According to Us magazine, the 60-year-old actor met Schneider shortly before he underwent heart surgery in early 2009, and she helped nurse him back to health.

Chandrayaan-1, Insia's very first misson to the moon was launched on October 22nd in the year 2008 using the Polar Satelite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11). This stelite made about 2400 orbits around the moon and the mission came to the conclusion when the communication with the spacecraft was lost on August 29th in the year 2009.

Marcus Junius Brutus, also known as Quintus Caepio Brutus, was a Roman politician who was a key figure in the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. He died on October 23, 42 BCE.

In 1906, he was named president and majority owner. In 1919, Henry, Clara, and Edsel Ford paid $105,820,894 to buy out all minority investors and became the sole proprietors of the company. Edsel, who replaced his father as president in 1919, held the office until his death in 1943, when Henry Ford reclaimed it. When he resigned from the president for the second time in September 1945, Henry Ford suggested that his grandson, Henry Ford II, be elected. His proposal was followed by the board of directors.

Chaplin married Mildred Harris, a popular child actress, on October 23, 1918, at the age of 29. They had one son, Norman Spencer Chaplin, who died three days after his birth on July 7, 1919. By late 1919, Chaplin had split from Harris and returned to the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

Emilia Clarke is best recognized for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series "Game of Thrones." Clarke was born on October 23, 1986, in London, England. Her passion in performing began at a young age, when her mother took her to see a performance of the famous musical Show Boat, on which her father was working as a sound engineer. Her curiosity would only grow if she accompanied her father to the theater in the future. Clarke's big break came in 2011, when she was cast as Daenerys Targaryen in HBO's blockbuster show Game of Thrones. She has since been on Broadway and in films such as Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Nobody knows how or when Morgan and Jeanette first met. They dated for five years before marrying and loving each other as husband and wife, according to the only information available to the public. On October 22, 1967, the pair tied knot.

On October 22nd 362, a mysterious fire broke out in the temple premises of Apollo in antioch.The fire consumed the roof of the building and the statue of the god, copied from Phidias' statue of Zeus (a Greek God) at Olympia.

At a modest ceremony on Apple's Infinite Loop headquarters, Steve Jobs unveiled the initial iPod. While the iMac launched Apple's rebirth in 1998, it was the introduction of the iPod in 2001 that truly put the firm on the path to become the world's most valuable company. Jobs famously marketed the first iPod as having "1,000 tunes in your pocket." The device's 5GB hard drive and 0.75-inch thickness were remarkable at the time, and it also included a two-inch screen, up to 10 hours of battery life, a FireWire connector, and the initial incarnation of the iconic click wheel.

The year is 1878 and the setting is Menlo Park, New Jersey. Thomas Edison, fresh off the triumph of his phonograph, has his eyes set on the light bulb. He estimates that he and his team of 40 researchers will be able to create a working incandescent bulb in three or four months. But it wasn't until more than a year later, on October 22, 1879 (after working all day on October 21, 1879), that Thomas Alva Edison and his colleagues "perfected" the incandescent light bulb. The bulb cost USD 40,000 (about USD 850,000 in today's money) and lasted barely more than a half-day.