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Events on the 22nd of April in history

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22 Apr 0238 Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
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22 Apr 0536 St Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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22 Apr 0687 -BC- Chinese record a meteor shower in Lyra
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22 Apr 1056 Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
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22 Apr 1073 Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII
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22 Apr 1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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22 Apr 1164 Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III
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22 Apr 1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris France
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22 Apr 1500 Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
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22 Apr 1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal
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22 Apr 1509 Henry VIII ascended to throne of England
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22 Apr 1509 Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England
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22 Apr 1519 Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.
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22 Apr 1521 French King Francois I declares war on Spain
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22 Apr 1521 French king Fran
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22 Apr 1526 1st slave revolt occurs in South Carolina
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22 Apr 1529 Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
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22 Apr 1529 Treaty of Saragosa Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere
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22 Apr 1622 The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.
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22 Apr 1648 English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed
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22 Apr 1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
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22 Apr 1662 Royal Society incorporates
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22 Apr 1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament
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22 Apr 1674 Netherlands & M
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22 Apr 1676 Battle of Etna - Netherlands / Spain vs. France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded
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22 Apr 1677 Battle at Catania between French & Dutch fleet
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22 Apr 1692 Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
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22 Apr 1722 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
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22 Apr 1722 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
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22 Apr 1728 Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus", premieres in Paris France
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22 Apr 1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
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22 Apr 1793 President George Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
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22 Apr 1796 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
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22 Apr 1804 Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola
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22 Apr 1809 The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
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22 Apr 1809 Battle at Eckm
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22 Apr 1817 Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight
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22 Apr 1817 Cura
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22 Apr 1823 Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London
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22 Apr 1823 R J Tyers patents roller skates
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22 Apr 1836 Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when one of his fellow captives mistakenly gives away his identity.
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22 Apr 1838 English steamship "Sirius" docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing
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22 Apr 1861 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
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22 Apr 1864 US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
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22 Apr 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.
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22 Apr 1864 US mints 2
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22 Apr 1876 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5
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22 Apr 1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
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22 Apr 1876 The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of the MLB.
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22 Apr 1876 1st National League game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5; Philadelphia Athletics Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run
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22 Apr 1876 Tchaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
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22 Apr 1884 Thomas Stevens starts 1st bicycle trip around the world (2 years 9 months)
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22 Apr 1884 US recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
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22 Apr 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"
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22 Apr 1889 At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
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22 Apr 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially starts; as many as nine out of ten of these settlers had jumped the gun, earning themselves the name "Sooners"
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22 Apr 1893 Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo
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22 Apr 1893 Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for 3rd time
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22 Apr 1897 New York City Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active)
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22 Apr 1897 NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (stiil active)
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22 Apr 1898 Spanish–American War: The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
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22 Apr 1898 1st Spanish-American War action USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
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22 Apr 1898 Baltimore Oriole James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
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22 Apr 1898 Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0
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22 Apr 1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry
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22 Apr 1898 US President William McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
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22 Apr 1903 American Power Boat Association forms
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22 Apr 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950
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22 Apr 1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature Monument in Amsterdam
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22 Apr 1906 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
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22 Apr 1906 The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
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22 Apr 1906 Olympic games held in Athens are not accepted by the IOC
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22 Apr 1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
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22 Apr 1908 Queensland beat New South Wales by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
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22 Apr 1911 Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
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22 Apr 1912 Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
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22 Apr 1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
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22 Apr 1914 Mexico ends diplomatic relations with US
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22 Apr 1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
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22 Apr 1914 M
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22 Apr 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.
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22 Apr 1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI
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22 Apr 1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins
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22 Apr 1915 New York Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
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22 Apr 1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont
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22 Apr 1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region is established in Georgian SSR
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22 Apr 1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms
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22 Apr 1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms, Netherlands
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22 Apr 1926 Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security
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22 Apr 1926 Persia, Turkey & Afgh
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22 Apr 1927 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E
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22 Apr 1930 US, Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty
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22 Apr 1930 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
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22 Apr 1930 US, Britain & Japan sign London Naval Treaty to reduce naval forces
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22 Apr 1931 Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty
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22 Apr 1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address
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22 Apr 1937 New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike
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22 Apr 1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)
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22 Apr 1943 German counter attack in North-Tunisia
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22 Apr 1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea
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22 Apr 1944 World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
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22 Apr 1944 The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
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22 Apr 1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
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22 Apr 1944 Hitler & Mussolini meet at Salzburg
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22 Apr 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.
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22 Apr 1945 World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and 80 escape.
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22 Apr 1945 Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
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22 Apr 1945 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
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22 Apr 1946 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms
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22 Apr 1947 1st NBA Championship Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2
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22 Apr 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces.
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22 Apr 1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Apr 1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City
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22 Apr 1951 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.
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22 Apr 1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada
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22 Apr 1952 Eug
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22 Apr 1954 Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
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22 Apr 1954 NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule
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22 Apr 1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began
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22 Apr 1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government
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22 Apr 1954 USSR joins UNESCO
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22 Apr 1955 Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
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22 Apr 1955 Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
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22 Apr 1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
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22 Apr 1957 All National League teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
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22 Apr 1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, & 3 errors
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22 Apr 1959 New York Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Washington Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
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22 Apr 1961 Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria
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22 Apr 1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open
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22 Apr 1962 New York Mets tie a National League record by losing 9 straight to start season
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22 Apr 1962 Pittsburgh Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
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22 Apr 1962 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
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22 Apr 1964 Tanganyika andZanzibar form Republic Tanzania
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22 Apr 1964 The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.
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22 Apr 1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens
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22 Apr 1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4
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22 Apr 1966 USSR performs underground nuclear test
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22 Apr 1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
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22 Apr 1969 British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
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22 Apr 1969 1st human eye transplant performed
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22 Apr 1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1:36 for heavyweight boxing title
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22 Apr 1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing
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22 Apr 1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
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22 Apr 1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
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22 Apr 1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
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22 Apr 1970 The first Earth Day is celebrated.
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22 Apr 1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
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22 Apr 1970 New York Mets' Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher
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22 Apr 1970 New York Mets' Tom Seaver consecutively strikes out 10 San Diego Padres, for a total of 19
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22 Apr 1970 Washington Senators beat New York Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
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22 Apr 1970 Flat Earth celebrated
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22 Apr 1971 Soyuz 10 launched
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22 Apr 1972 Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
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22 Apr 1972 Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on the Moon
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22 Apr 1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show
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22 Apr 1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4 - Quarterfinals - Penguins hold 3-2 lead
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22 Apr 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-New York Islanders 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead
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22 Apr 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
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22 Apr 1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
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22 Apr 1977 Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
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22 Apr 1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
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22 Apr 1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony
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22 Apr 1978 'The Blues Brothers' (Dan Akroyd and John Belushi) make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live
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22 Apr 1979 Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
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22 Apr 1979 Keith Richards and The New Barbarians give a concert to benefit the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Ottawa Canada
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22 Apr 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament
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22 Apr 1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
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22 Apr 1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers on strike
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22 Apr 1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
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22 Apr 1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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22 Apr 1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton [03 / 23]
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22 Apr 1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
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22 Apr 1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles win series 4-2
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22 Apr 1983 The German magazine Stern claims that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
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22 Apr 1983 New York Rangers 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders win series 4-2
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22 Apr 1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
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22 Apr 1983 Stern magazine announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolf Hitler (turned out to be a hoax)
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22 Apr 1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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22 Apr 1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
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22 Apr 1984 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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22 Apr 1986 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
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22 Apr 1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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22 Apr 1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
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22 Apr 1988 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
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22 Apr 1988 Women are allowed to compete in the Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington IN, for the 1st time
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22 Apr 1988 New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 points in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals
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22 Apr 1989 "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 12 performances
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22 Apr 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
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22 Apr 1990 "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances
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22 Apr 1990 Lebanon releases US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
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22 Apr 1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama, kills 95
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22 Apr 1991 Intel releases the 486SX chip
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22 Apr 1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show
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22 Apr 1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
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22 Apr 1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panam
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22 Apr 1991 Frank Thomas is 1st Chicago White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
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22 Apr 1992 "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes NYC 14 performances
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22 Apr 1992 Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico
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22 Apr 1992 In a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
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22 Apr 1992 6.0 earthquake in California
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22 Apr 1992 Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport, California, kills 16 parachutists
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22 Apr 1993 Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.
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22 Apr 1993 "Who's Tommy" opens at St James Theater NYC for 899 performances
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22 Apr 1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78
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22 Apr 1993 Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington DC
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22 Apr 1993 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
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22 Apr 1993 Tennis star Bj
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22 Apr 1994 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda
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22 Apr 1994 B
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22 Apr 1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500
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22 Apr 1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds is made
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22 Apr 1994 Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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22 Apr 1994 Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam
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22 Apr 1995 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby
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22 Apr 1995 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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22 Apr 1997 The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
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22 Apr 1997 Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
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22 Apr 1998 Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
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22 Apr 2000 The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
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22 Apr 2000 In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
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22 Apr 2004 Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
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22 Apr 2005 Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
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22 Apr 2008 The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
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22 Apr 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.
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22 Apr 2013 Six people die in a shooting in Belgorod, Russia.
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22 Apr 2014 More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.
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