April 22

Friday 22, 2005:

Mordechai Vanunu installed as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow.

Saturday 22, 2000:

The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.

Sunday 22, 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.

Wednesday 22, 1863:

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

Sunday 22, 1500:

Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.

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