April 22

Friday 22, 2005:

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

Thursday 22, 2004:

Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.

Saturday 22, 2000:

The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.

Tuesday 22, 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.

Monday 22, 1996:

Cisco Systems acquires StrataCom for $4B

Thursday 22, 1993:

1993 - The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.

Sunday 22, 1979:

Brent Mydland performs his first show with the Grateful Dead at Spartan Stadium, San Jose.

Saturday 22, 1978:

The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Tuesday 22, 1975:

Barbara Walters signs a five-year $5 million contract with the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), becoming the highest paid television newsperson.

Saturday 22, 1972:

Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts antiwar protests in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Thursday 22, 1971:

John Kerry, dressed in combat fatigues, testifies on his views of the Vietnam War before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Wednesday 22, 1970:

First Earth Day celebrated.

Wednesday 22, 1964:

The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.

Thursday 22, 1954:

Red Scare: Army-McCarthy Hearings begin.

Monday 22, 1946:

The first installment of the popular Japanese comic strip, Sazae-san, is published in the Fukunichi Shimbun.

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.

Saturday 22, 1944:

World War II: Operation Persecution initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia area of New Guinea.

Thursday 22, 1943:

Albert Hofmann writes his first report about the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.

Tuesday 22, 1930:

The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.

Thursday 22, 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.

Wednesday 22, 1914:

Babe Ruth, age 19, pitches his first professional game for the minor league Baltimore Orioles.

Tuesday 22, 1913:

Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publications in Saint Petersburg.

Friday 22, 1898:

Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.

Monday 22, 1889:

Oklahoma land rush: President Benjamin Harrison opens the Unassigned Lands in what is now central Oklahoma to white settlement.

Friday 22, 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.

Wednesday 22, 1863:

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

Friday 22, 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.

Monday 22, 1529:

Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.

Thursday 22, 1509:

Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father.

Sunday 22, 1500:

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

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