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What happend on 22. April in History
In our data base we found 320 events happened on 22. April:
• 238: 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. [category: Events]
• 296: Pope Caius [category: Deaths]
• 455: Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor [category: Deaths]
• 536: Pope Agapetus I [category: Deaths]
• 613: Saint Theodore of Sykeon [category: Deaths]
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• 1451: Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504) [category: Births]
• 1500: Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1519: Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1529: Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas. [category: Events]
• 1592: Wilhelm Schickard, German mathematician (d. 1635) [category: Births]
• 1592: Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (b. 1511) [category: Deaths]
• 1610: Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691) [category: Births]
• 1622: The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island. [category: Events]
• 1658: Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (d. 1709) [category: Births]
• 1672: Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598) [category: Deaths]
• 1690: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1699: Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (b. 1646) [category: Deaths]
• 1707: Henry Fielding, English author (d. 1754) [category: Births]
• 1711: Paul II Anton Esterházy, Austrian soldier and music patron (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1724: Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804) [category: Births]
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• 1744: James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808) [category: Births]
• 1757: Alessandro Rolla, Italian composer, musician, and teacher (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1758: Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1766: Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1778: James Hargreaves, English inventor, invented the Spinning Jenny (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: the Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. [category: Events]
• 1812: Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1816: Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1832: Julius Sterling Morton, American politician, founder of Arbor Day (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1833: Richard Trevithick, English inventor and mining engineer (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1839: Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: Lewis Thornton Powell, attempted assassin of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1852: Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1854: Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1854: Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Ada Rehan, American actress (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1863: American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1868: Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1870: Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1872: Princess Margaret of Prussia (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1873: Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1876: Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1876: Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1876: The first ever National League baseball game is played in Philadelphia. [category: Events]
• 1877: James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1884: Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1886: Izidor Cankar, Slovenian art historian, essayist and diplomat (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1889: Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1889: 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. [category: Events]
• 1891: Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1891: Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1891: Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1891: Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1892: Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1892: Edouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor and academic (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. [category: Events]
• 1899: Vladimir Nabokov, Russian novelist, professor, and lepidopterist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1904: J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1905: Robert Choquette, French-Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1906: Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1906: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1906: The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens. [category: Events]
• 1907: Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1908: Henry Campbell-Bannerman, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1909: Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1910: Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1911: Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1912: Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1912: Kathleen Ferrier, English singer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1912: Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg. [category: Events]
• 1914: Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1914: Michael Wittmann, German soldier (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1916: Yehudi Menuhin, American-Russian violinist and conductor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1918: Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: William Jay Smith, American poet [category: Births]
• 1919: Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1919: Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1922: Charles Mingus, American jazz musician, composer, and bandleader (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1922: Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1922: Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1923: Aaron Spelling, American television producer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1923: Bettie Page, American model (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: George Cole, English actor [category: Births]
• 1925: André Caplet, French composer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Charlotte Rae, American actress [category: Births]
• 1926: James Stirling, British architect (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1927: Giannis Mihalopoulos, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1929: Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician [category: Births]
• 1929: Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Enno Penno, Estonian politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. [category: Events]
• 1931: John Buchanan, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian, writer, and irredenta (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer, co-founded the Rolls-Royce company (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (Miles Davis Quintet) (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1936: Glen Campbell, American singer, musician, and actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Pierre Hétu, French-Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1937: Jack Nicholson, American actor, film director, producer and writer [category: Births]
• 1937: Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1938: Adam Raphael, English journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1938: Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and political activist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1939: Jason Miller, American playwright (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1939: Mel Carter, American singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Theodor Waigel, German politician and finance minister [category: Births]
• 1943: Janet Evanovich, American writer [category: Births]
• 1943: Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate [category: Births]
• 1944: Steve Fossett, American businessman, aviator, and sailor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1944: Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with CSAR operations in the China-Burma-India theater. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. [category: Events]
• 1945: Demetrio Stratos, Italian musician (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1945: Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape. [category: Events]
• 1946: John Waters, American filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1946: Louise Harel, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Nicole Garcia, French actress and director [category: Births]
• 1946: Paul Davies, English physicist, writer and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1946: Steven L. Bennett, American Air Force pilot, Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1946: Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Lionel Atwill, English actor (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Larry Groce, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1948: 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces. [category: Events]
• 1949: Charles B. Middleton, American actor (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Herd and Humble Pie) [category: Births]
• 1950: Zygi Wilf, German-American businessman [category: Births]
• 1950: Charles Hamilton Houston, American civil rights attorney (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Ana María Shua, Argentine poet [category: Births]
• 1951: Paul Carrack, English singer-songwriter and musician (Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and Roxy Music) [category: Births]
• 1951: Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: François Berléand, French actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Marilyn Chambers, American porn actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1953: Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer [category: Births]
• 1953: Tom Griswold, American radio personality [category: Births]
• 1954: Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begins. [category: Events]
• 1955: Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer [category: Births]
• 1957: Donald Tusk, Polish politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Ken Olandt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Ryan Stiles, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Terry Francona, American baseball manager [category: Births]
• 1960: Gary Rhodes, English chef [category: Births]
• 1960: Mart Laar, Estonian statesman [category: Births]
• 1960: Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive [category: Births]
• 1960: Tatiana Thumbtzen, American actress, model, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1961: Dewey Nicks, American photographer and director [category: Births]
• 1962: Danièle Sauvageau, Canadian ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Jeff Minter, English video game programmer [category: Births]
• 1963: Sean Lock, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Chris Makepeace, Canadian actor and director [category: Births]
• 1964: Estelle Asmodelle, actress, model, and writer [category: Births]
• 1964: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season. [category: Events]
• 1965: Lauri Hendler, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1966: Dana Barron, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Fletcher Dragge, American guitarist and producer (Pennywise) [category: Births]
• 1966: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1966: Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1967: Harvey Williams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1967: Sherri Shepherd, American comedian, actress, and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1967: Sheryl Lee, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Bimbo Coles, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Dion Dublin, English footballer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1970: Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer, actress, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: The first Earth Day is celebrated. [category: Events]
• 1971: Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese businessman [category: Births]
• 1971: Ingo Rademacher, German-Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Milka Duno, Venezuelan race car driver [category: Births]
• 1972: Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1972: Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. [category: Events]
• 1973: Adem Poric, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Brian Marshall, American musician (Creed and Alter Bridge) [category: Births]
• 1973: Christopher Sabat, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Opio, American hip hop artist [category: Births]
• 1974: Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-American musician and songwriter (System of a Down and Achozen) [category: Births]
• 1975: Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1975: Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1976: Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Paul Henderson, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Aaron Fink, American musician (Breaking Benjamin and Lifer) [category: Births]
• 1977: Ambra Angiolini, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. [category: Events]
• 1978: Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1978: Ezekiel Jackson, Guyanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1978: Jason Stollsteimer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Von Bondies and Hounds Below) [category: Births]
• 1978: Matt Orford, Australian rugby league player [category: Births]
• 1978: Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (Silverchair and The Dissociatives) [category: Births]
• 1979: Zoltán Gera, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor, writer, and director [category: Births]
• 1980: Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Clarke Dermody, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1980: Courtney Friel, American reporter [category: Births]
• 1980: Igor Budan, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Kora Karvouni, Greek actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Nicolas Douchez, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Jane Froman, American actress (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Daniel Ghita, Romanian kick-boxer [category: Births]
• 1981: Eglantina Zingg, Venezuelan model and television host [category: Births]
• 1981: Ken Dorsey, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Cassidy Freeman, American actress, singer, and pianist [category: Births]
• 1982: David Purcey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Joel Monaghan, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kaká, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Noriko Shitaya, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Sarah French, American model and reporter, Miss America 2007 [category: Births]
• 1983: Elliott Jordan, English actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Evangelos Mantzios, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Francis Capra, American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Matt Jones, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Remi Ayodele, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Sam Heads, British entomologist and palaeontologist [category: Births]
• 1983: Earl Hines, American jazz pianist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: John Louis Evans, American convicted murderer (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: The German magazine Der Stern claims that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries. [category: Events]
• 1984: Amelle Berrabah, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes) [category: Births]
• 1984: Michelle Ryan, English actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Andrea Gabrielle Gibson, American transgender reality television personality [category: Births]
• 1985: Blake Fitzpatrick, American writer and director [category: Births]
• 1985: Kseniya Simonova, Ukrainian performance artist in sand animation [category: Births]
• 1985: Matt Ballinger, American singer and actor (Dream Street) [category: Births]
• 1985: Pablo Cáceres Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician, author, and politician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Amber Heard, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: David Rendall, Canadian actor, writer, and director [category: Births]
• 1986: Dušan Šakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Marshawn Lynch, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: BC Jean, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: David Luiz, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: David Mateos, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Amadou Samb, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Cherise Donovan, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1988: James Ross, American drag performer [category: Births]
• 1988: M. Christian Heywood, Canadian voice actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Irene Rich, American actress (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Dejuan Blair, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Jasper Cillessen, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Thomas James Longley, English actor and model [category: Births]
• 1989: Emilio Gino Segrè, Italian-American physicist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler [category: Births]
• 1990: MGK, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1990: Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Kenny Stills, American football player [category: Births]
• 1992: Robin van Helsum, Dutch fraudster [category: Births]
• 1992: In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless. [category: Events]
• 1993: Hany Lee, Korean-Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is release [category: Events]
• 1994: Richard Nixon, American politician, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Maggie Kuhn, American activist, founder of the Gray Panthers movement (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jay Duffy, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American golfer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Jess Ashford, English Dancer [category: Births]
• 1997: Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria – 93 villagers killed. [category: Events]
• 1997: The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru. [category: Events]
• 1998: Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. [category: Events]
• 1999: Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Chan Canasta, Polish-British magician and mind-reader (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear engineer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida. [category: Events]
• 2000: Second Battle of Elephant Pass: Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years. [category: Events]
• 2000: The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 2002: Linda Lovelace, American porn actress (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Martha Griffiths,American lawyer, judge, and congresswoman (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Mike Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Election of the fifth Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. [category: Events]
• 2004: Jason L. Dunham, American corporal, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people. [category: Events]
• 2005: Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Norman Bird, English actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Farnon, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. [category: Events]
• 2006: Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: D'Iberville Fortier, Canadian politician and diplomat (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra. [category: Events]
• 2007: Juanita Millender-McDonald, American congresswoman (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Paul Davis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service. [category: Events]
• 2010: Richard Barrett, American lawyer and nationalist (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Buzz Potamkin, American television producer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• _: Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: April 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Discovery Day (Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earth Day (United States), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Epipodius and Alexander [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Mother Earth Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]