April 22

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April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). There are 253 days remaining.

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Contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and observances

5 External links

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Events

1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro �lvares 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 L�pez 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 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 the Unassigned Lands in what is now central 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, is published in the Fukunichi Shimbun.
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.
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 Eli�n Gonz�lez from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida.
2004 - Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.