April 22
April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years ). There are 253 days remaining.
Events
1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil .
1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father.
1529 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas .
1836 - Texas Revolution : A day after the Battle of San Jacinto forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna .
1863 - American Civil War : Grierson's Raid begins - troops under Union Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi .
1864 - The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency .
1889 - Oklahoma land rush : President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement.
1898 - Spanish-American War : The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
1913 - Pravda , the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , begins publications in Saint Petersburg .
1914 - Babe Ruth , age 19, pitches his first professional game for the minor league Baltimore Orioles .
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 .
1943 - Albert Hofmann writes his first report about the hallucinogenic properties of LSD .
1944 - World War II : Operation Persecution initiated - Allied forces land in the Hollandia area of New Guinea .
1945 - World War II: 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.
1946 - The first installment of the popular Japanese comic strip, Sazae-san 1954 - Red Scare : Senator Joseph McCarthy begins hearings investigating the United States Army for being "soft" on Communism .
1970 - First Earth Day celebrated.
1971 - John Kerry , dressed in combat fatigues, testifies on his views of the Vietnam War before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1972 - Vietnam War : Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts antiwar protests in New York City , San Francisco , and Los Angeles .
1975 - Barbara Walters signs a five-year $5 million contract with the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), becoming the highest paid television newsperson.
1978 - The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live 1978 - In Paris , France , Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta win the twenty-third Eurovision Song Contest for Israel singing "A-ba-ni-bi".
1993 - In Washington, DC , the Holocaust Memorial Museum is dedicated.
1993 - The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.
1996 - Cisco Systems acquires StrataCom for $4B
1997 - Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria ; 93 villagers killed.
1997 - A 126-day hostage crisis at the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima , Peru ends after government commandos storm and capture the building, rescuing 71 hostages. One hostage dies of a heart attack , two soldiers are killed from rebel fire, and all 14 rebels are slain.
2000 - In a predawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida , and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, DC , ending one of the most publicized custody battles in US history.
2004 - Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon , North Korea , killing up to 150 people.
Births
1451 - Isabella of Castile (d. 1504 )
1518 - Antoine de Bourbon , father of Henry IV of France (d. 1562 )
1550 - Edward de Vere , 17th Earl of Oxford, hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England (d. 1604 )
1610 - Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691 )
1707 - Henry Fielding , English author (d. 1754 )
1724 - Immanuel Kant , German philosopher (d. 1804 )
1766 - Madame de Staël , French author (d. 1817 )
1812 - Solomon Caesar Malan , orientalist (d. 1894 )
1840 - Odilon Redon , French painter (d. 1916 )
1870 (N.S. ) - Vladimir Lenin , Russian revolutionary, state leader, also Vladmir Ilyich Ulynanov (d. 1924 )
1873 - Ellen Glasgow , American author (d. 1945 )
1876 - Robert Bárány , Nobel Prize winner in medicine (d. 1936 )
1891 - Harold Jeffreys , English astronomer (d. 1989 )
1899 - Vladimir Nabokov , Russian writer (d. 1977 )
1904 - Robert Oppenheimer , American physicist (d. 1967 )
1906 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia , second in line to the Swedish throne (d. 1946 )
1907 - Ivan Efremov , Russian paleontologist , taphonomist , science fiction author (d. 1972 )
1910 - Norman Steenrod , American mathematician (d. 1971 )
1912 - Kathleen Ferrier , American contralto (d. 1953 )
1914 - Jan de Hartog , Dutch writer (d. 2002 )
1916 - Yehudi Menuhin , violinist (d. 1999 )
1922 - Charles Mingus , musician (d. 1979 )
1923 - Louise Glück , US poet
1923 - Bettie Page , pin-up model
1923 - Aaron Spelling , television producer, writer
1926 - James Stirling , British architect (d. 1992 )
1936 - Glen Campbell , American musician
1937 - Jack Nicholson , American actor
1944 - Steve Fossett , millionaire adventurer
1950 - Peter Frampton , musician
1951 - Tony Danza , actor
1952 or 1954 - Marilyn Chambers , erotic actress
1959 - Ryan Stiles , Canadian-American actor, comedian
1974 - Shavo Odadjian , bassist for System of a Down
1975 - Greg Moore , race car driver (CART) (d. 1999 )
1977 - Andruw Jones , baseball player
Deaths
296 - Pope Caius
536 - Pope Agapetus I
1833 - Richard Trevithick , English inventor (b. 1771 )
1896 - Thomas Meik , civil engineer (b. 1812 )
1908 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman , British Prime Minister & politician (b. 1836 )
1946 - Harlan F. Stone , US Chief Justice (b. 1872 )
1951 - Horace Donisthorpe , British entomologist (b. 1870 )
1968 - Stephen H. Sholes , American recording executive (b. 1911 )
1983 - Earl 'Fatha' Hines , jazz musician (b. 1903 )
1984 - Ansel Adams , American photographer (b. 1902 )
1988 - Irene Rich , actress
1994 - Richard Nixon , US president (b. 1913 )
1996 - Erma Bombeck , humorist, writer (b. 1927 )
2003 - Martha Griffiths , Congresswoman, women's rights proponent (b. 1912 )
2003 - Michael Larrabee , US athlete (b. 1933 )
2004 - Pat Tillman , US football player (b. 1976 )
Holidays and observances
External links
April 21 - April 23 - March 22 - May 22 -- listing of all days
