April 22 Events |
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| April 22nd, 2006 (April 22 2006) | Event | 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra. | |
| April 22nd, 2006 (April 22 2006) | Event | Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of Kandahar, Afghanistan by a roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants, the worst single day combat loss for the Canadian army since the Korean War. | |
| April 22nd, 2004 (April 22 2004) | Event | Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people. | |
| April 22nd, 2000 (April 22 2000) | Event | In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elian Gonzalez from his relatives home in Miami, Florida. | |
| April 22nd, 2000 (April 22 2000) | Event | The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom. | |
| April 22nd, 1998 (April 22 1998) | Event | Disney s Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. | Walt Disney Quotes |
| April 22nd, 1997 (April 22 1997) | Event | Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria93 villagers killed. | |
| April 22nd, 1997 (April 22 1997) | Event | The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru. | |
| April 22nd, 1993 (April 22 1993) | Event | The Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC is dedicated. | |
| April 22nd, 1993 (April 22 1993) | Event | The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released. | |
| April 22nd, 1992 (April 22 1992) | Event | In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless. | |
| April 22nd, 1983 (April 22 1983) | Event | The German magazine, Der Stern claims that Adolf Hitler s diaries were found in wreckage in East Germany. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| April 22nd, 1972 (April 22 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts antiwar protests in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. | |
| April 22nd, 1970 (April 22 1970) | Event | First Earth Day celebrated. | |
| April 22nd, 1964 (April 22 1964) | Event | The 1964-1965 New York World s Fair opens for its first season. | |
| April 22nd, 1954 (April 22 1954) | Event | Red Scare: Army-McCarthy Hearings begin. | |
| April 22nd, 1945 (April 22 1945) | Event | World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape. | |
| April 22nd, 1945 (April 22 1945) | Event | World War II: Fuehrerbunker: 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. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| April 22nd, 1944 (April 22 1944) | Event | World War II: Operation Persecution initiated - Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. | |
| April 22nd, 1930 (April 22 1930) | Event | The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. | |
| April 22nd, 1915 (April 22 1915) | Event | 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. | |
| April 22nd, 1912 (April 22 1912) | Event | Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg. | |
| April 22nd, 1898 (April 22 1898) | Event | Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. | |
| April 22nd, 1889 (April 22 1889) | Event | At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000. | |
| April 22nd, 1864 (April 22 1864) | Event | The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. | |
| April 22nd, 1863 (April 22 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Grierson s Raid begins - troops under Union Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi. | |
| April 22nd, 1836 (April 22 1836) | Event | Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. | |
| April 22nd, 1529 (April 22 1529) | Event | Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17ø east of the Moluccas. | |
| April 22nd, 1509 (April 22 1509) | Event | Henry VIII accedes to the throne of England after the death of his father. | |
| April 22nd, 1500 (April 22 1500) | Event | Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. | |
