April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
NATIONAL EARTH DAY
1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.
1889 – At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Oklahoma Land Rush. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza (Spain) divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1889 – At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Oklahoma Land Rush. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
1898 – Spanish–American War: The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
1912 – Pravda ("Truth" in Russian), the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
1912 – Pravda ("Truth" in Russian), the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
1915 – The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
1930 – The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
1944 – World War II: The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky YR-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
1945 – World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac (Croatia) concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and 80 escape.
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker ― After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker ― After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
1951 – The Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated. The first Earth Day was organized to "protest" global cooling.
1972 – Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. Increased North Vietnamese agression is praised.
1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated. The first Earth Day was organized to "protest" global cooling.
1972 – Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. Increased North Vietnamese agression is praised.
1977 – Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
1992 – In a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
2013 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements.
BORN TODAY
1451 – Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)
1707 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (d. 1754)
1724 – Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1804)
1870 – Vladimir Lenin (born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), German/Jewish/Swedish-Russian lawyer, revolutionary, and founder of the Soviet Union Communist Party (d. 1924)
2014 – More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train derailment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.
BORN TODAY
1451 – Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)
1707 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (d. 1754)
1724 – Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1804)
1870 – Vladimir Lenin (born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), German/Jewish/Swedish-Russian lawyer, revolutionary, and founder of the Soviet Union Communist Party (d. 1924)
1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic, the Manhattan Project (d. 1967)
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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