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22 Apr 1056
Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
22 Apr 1073
Pope Alexander II buried and Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII
22 Apr 1145
19th recorded perihelion passage of Halleys Comet
22 Apr 1164
Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III
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Germans introduce poison gas
On April 22 1915 German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial d...
The first Earth Day
Earth Day an event to increase public awareness of the worlds environmental problems is celebrated in the United States for the first time on April 22...
Hitler admits defeat
On April 22 1945 Adolf Hitler learning from one of his generals that no German defense was offered to the Russian assault at Eberswalde admits to all in his...
Pat Tillman killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan
Pat Tillman who gave up his pro football career to enlist in the U.S. Army after the terrorist attacks of September 11 is killed by friendly fire while servin...
The Oklahoma land rush begins
At precisely high noon thousands of would-be settlers make a mad dash into the newly opened Oklahoma Territory to claim cheap land.The nearly two million acres...
The Blues Brothers make their world premiere on Saturday Night Live
It was Marshall Checker of the legendary Checker brothers who first discovered them in the gritty blues clubs of Chicagos South Side in 1969 and hande...
Sewers explode in Guadalajara Mexico killing hundreds
Dozens of sewer explosions in Guadalajara Mexico kill more than 200 people and damage 1000 buildings on April 22 1992. The series of explosions was caused ...
Seduction is made illegal in Ohio
Ohio passes a statute that makes seduction unlawful. Covering all men over the age of 18 who worked as teachers or instructors of women this law even prohibite...
Joseph McCarthy begins hearings investigating U S Army
Senator Joseph McCarthy begins hearings investigating the United States Army which he charges with being soft on communism. These televised heari...
John Paul Jones leads American raid on Whitehaven England
At 11 p.m. on April 22 1778 Commander John Paul Jones leads a small detachment of two boats from his ship the USS Ranger to raid the shallow port at Whiteha...
Second Battle of Ypres begins
On April 22 1915 German forces shock Allied soldiers along the Western Front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial d...
Former President Richard Nixon dies
On April 22 1994 former President Richard M. Nixon dies after suffering a stroke four days earlier. In a 1978 speech at Oxford University Nixon admitted he h...
1934 US Division of Investigation (later the FBI) under Melvin Purvis botch an operation to capture the John Dillinger Gang at Little Bohemia Lodge, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin. with 2 dead and 4 injured
FBI Agent famous for leading the manhunts that tracked such American outlaws as Baby Face Nelson...
1959 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
Spent his entire 16-year career with the New York Yankees winning the World Series 6 times....
1963 Lester B. Pearson is sworn in as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada
The 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963-1968 and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to reso...
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