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April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 253 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. A navigator is the person onboard a ship or aircraft responsible for its Navigation. Pedro Álvares Cabral (about 1467/1468/1469 &ndash about 1520 ˈpeðɾʊ ˈaɫvɐɾɨʃ kɐˈβɾaɫ in Portuguese, ˈawvaɾiʃ caˈbɾaw in Brazilian) was |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• 1509 - Henry VIII accedes to the throne of England after the death of his father. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of This article is about royal thrones for the order of Angels by the same name see Thrones. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1529 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297. The Treaty of Tordesillas ( Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: Tratado de Tordesillas) signed at Tordesillas (now in Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. 5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas. The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands, the Spice Islands or simply Maluku) are an Archipelago
• 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. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was fought from October 2 1835 to April 21 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas portion of the Mexican The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The Republic of Texas was a sovereign Nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to Samuel Houston ( March 2, 1793 July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman politician and soldier The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón ( February 21, 1794 &ndash June 21, 1876) often known as Santa
• 1863 - American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Grierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country Benjamin Henry Grierson (July 8 1826 &ndash August 31 1911 was a music teacher and then a career officer in the United States Army. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States
• 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. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Coinage Act of 1864, a United States federal law, changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin In God We Trust is the official National motto of the United States and the U The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
• 1889 - At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Land Rush of 1889 was the first Land run into the Unassigned Lands and included all or part of the modern day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. Guthrie is a city in and the County seat of Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part
• 1898 - Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A blockade is any effort to prevent supplies Troops information or aid from reaching an opposing force The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la See also See for other ships of this name Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1912 - Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Pravda (Правда "The Truth" was a leading Newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River
• 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. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The use of poison gas in World War I was a major military innovation Chlorine (ˈklɔriːn from the Greek word 'χλωρóς' ( khlôros, meaning 'pale green' is the Chemical element with Atomic number 17 and Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of Chemical substances to kill injure or incapacitate an enemy. The Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used poison gas on a large scale on the Western Front in World War I and the first time
• 1930 - The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The London Naval Treaty was an agreement between the United Kingdom, the Empire of Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a
• 1944 - World War II: Operation Persecution initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Operation Persecution was a battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II. In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose Jayapura City (Kota Jayapura (West Papuan - Port Numbai is the capital of Papua province Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known
• 1945 - World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar 520 are killed and 80 escape.
• 1945 - World War II: Fuehrerbunker: 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. The Führerbunker ( German, literally meaning "shelter for the leader" or "the Führer's shelter" is a common name for a complex of subterranean rooms The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 For the Mars crater, see Eberswalde (crater. Eberswalde is a major town and the administrative seat of the District Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately A military bunker is a hardened shelter often buried partly or fully underground designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks
• 1954 - Red Scare: Army-McCarthy Hearings begin. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) McCarthyism is a term describing the intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s The Army-McCarthy Hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate 's Subcommittee on Investigations between March 1954 and June 1954
• 1964 - The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was the third major World's Fair to be held in New York City
• 1970 - First Earth Day celebrated. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Earth Day is one of two Observances both held annually during spring in the Northern hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern hemisphere.
• 1972 - Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts antiwar protests in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The City of New York The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
• 1983 - The German magazine, Der Stern claims that Adolf Hitler's diaries were found in wreckage in East Germany. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Stern ( English "Star" is a weekly News magazine published in Germany. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state
• 1992 - In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The 1992 explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico 's second largest city took place on April 22, 1992 in the downtown district of Analco
• 1993 - The Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC is dedicated. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) A number of organizations museums and monuments are intended to serve as Memorials to The Holocaust and its millions of victims Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
• 1993 - The web browser Mosaic version 1. A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a Mosaic is the browser which popularized the World Wide Web. It was also a browser for earlier concepts such as Ftp, Usenet, and Gopher 0 is released.
• 1997 - Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria - 93 villagers killed. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Haouch Khemisti massacre took place before dawn on 22 April 1997 in the Algerian village of Haouch Mokhfi Khemisti (also spelled Boughelef Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's
• 1997 - The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru. The Japanese embassy hostage crisis began on December 17, 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14 members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers on a coast overlooking
• 1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Disney's Animal Kingdom is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Orlando is a major City in central Florida, USA and is the County seat of Orange County Florida. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 2000 - In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The custody and Immigration status of a young Cuban boy Elián González (born December 6, 1993) was at the center of a heated controversy
• 2000 - The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom. The Big Number Change was an update of telephone dialling codes in the UK in response to the rapid late 1990s growth of telecommunications and impending exhaustion of numbers The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 2004 - Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Ryongchŏn disaster was a Train disaster that occurred in the town of Ryongchŏn, North Korea near the border with China on April Ryongch'ŏn is a ''kun'' (county in North P'yǒngan Province North Korea, at the mouth of the Yalu River. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia,
• 2006 - 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर बिक्रम शाह Jñānendra Vīra Vikrama Śāhadeva (born 7 July
• 2006 - Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of Kandahar, Afghanistan by a roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants, the worst single day combat loss for the Canadian army since the Korean War. Canada did not have a significant role in the first few months of the invasion of Afghanistan that began on October 7, 2001, and the first contingents For the 2001 film see Kandahar (film; for the Kandahar meteorite of 1959 see Meteorite falls; for the places in Azerbaijan see Cəndəhar and Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the

Births

• 1451 - Queen Isabella of Castile and Leon (d. 1504)
• 1610 - Pope Alexander VIII (d. Pope Alexander VIII ( April 22 1610 &ndash February 1 1691) born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was Pope from 1689 to 1691 1691)
• 1658 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (d. Giuseppe Torelli (April 22 1658–February 8 1709 was an Italian Violist and Violinist, Pedagogue and Composer, who ranks with Arcangelo 1709)
• 1690 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville 7th Seigneur of Sark, PC ( 22 April 1690 &ndash 22 January 1763) commonly known by his earlier 1763)
• 1692 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Stirling ( April 22, 1692 &ndash December 5, 1770) was a Scottish Mathematician. 1770)
• 1707 - Henry Fielding, English author (d. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Henry Fielding ( April 22, 1707 &ndash October 8, 1754) was an English Novelist and Dramatist known for his 1754)
• 1711 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Eleazar Wheelock ( April 22, 1711 &ndash April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister orator educator and founder of 1779)
• 1724 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Immanuel Kant (ɪmanuəl kant 22 April 1724 12 February 1804 was an 18th-century German Philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg 1804)
• 1744 - James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Sullivan (b April 22 1744, Berwick Maine - d December 10 1808) was a U The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1808)
• 1766 - Madame de Staël, French author (d. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Baronne Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein ( née Necker ( April 22, 1766 &ndash July 14, 1817) (stal commonly known as 1817)
• 1812 - Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Solomon Caesar Malan ( April 22, 1812 &ndash November 25, 1894) was a British divine and Orientalist. 1894)
• 1816 - Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general
• 1832 - Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day founder (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Charles Denis Sauter Bourbaki ( April 22, 1816 &ndash September 27, 1897) was a French general Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Julius Sterling Morton ( April 22, 1832 &ndash April 27, 1902) was President Grover Cleveland 's Secretary of Agriculture Arbor Day is a Holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for Trees Arbor Day originated in Nebraska City Nebraska, 1902
• 1840 - Odilon Redon, French painter (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Bertrand-Jean Redon, better known as Odilon Redon ( April 20, 1840 &ndash July 6, 1916) was a Symbolist painter and 1916)
• 1844 - Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Lewis Thornton Powell ( April 22, 1844 &ndash July 7, 1865) also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Secretary of State is a commonly used title for a Government Official. This article is about the New York Governor and Secretary of State 1865)
• 1852 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Family On June 21, 1893, he married Marie Anne of Portugal, daughter of the deposed king Miguel I of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1912)
• 1854 - Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Henri La Fontaine, ( 22 April 1854 &ndash 14 May 1943) was a Belgian international Lawyer and president of the The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1943)
• 1860 - Ada Rehan, American stage actress (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Ada Rehan ( April 22, 1859 - January 9, 1916) was an American actress 1916)
• 1868 - Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Marie Valerie Archduchess of Austria ( April 22, 1868 - September 6, 1924) was the fourth and last child of Franz Josef, Emperor 1924)
• 1870 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1924)
• 1872 - Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Princess Margaret of Prussia ( Margarete Beatrice Feodora) ( April 22, 1872 - January 22, 1954) was a daughter of Frederick III 1954)
• 1873 - Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow ( April 22, 1873 - November 21, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American Novelist 1945)
• 1876 - Robert Bárány, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Robert Bárány ( April 22, 1876 &ndash April 8, 1936) was an Hungarian-Jewish Physician. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1936)
• 1876 - Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georg Lurich ( April 22, 1876 - January 20, 1920) was a prominent Estonian Greco-Roman and free-style Wrestler of the early 1920)
• 1881 - Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский Aleksandr Fjëdorovich Kerenskij) ( June 11, 1970) served 1970)
• 1884 - Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Otto Rank ( April 22, 1884 – October 31, 1939) was an Austrian Psychoanalyst, writer teacher and therapist 1939)
• 1889 - Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Glücks ( April 22, 1889 &ndash May 10, 1945) was a high-ranking Nazi official The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial 1945, by suicide)
• 1891 - Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Harold Jeffreys ( 22 April 1891 &ndash 18 March 1989) was a mathematician statistician geophysicist and astronomer 1989)
• 1891 - Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Ferdinando Nicola Sacco (April 22 1891 – August 23 1927 and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11 1888 – August 23 1927 were two Italian-born American laborers 1927)
• 1891 - Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vittorio Jano (János Viktor 22 April 1891 &ndash 13 March 1965) was an Italian Automobile designer of Hungarian 1965)
• 1899 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian writer (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. 1977)
• 1904 - Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on 1967)
• 1905 - Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Robert Guy Choquette ( April 22, 1905 &ndash January 22, 1991) was a Canadian novelist poet and diplomat 1991)
• 1906 - Eddie Albert, American actor (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor 2005)
• 1906 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, second in line to the Swedish throne (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1946)
• 1907 - Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1972)
• 1909 - Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate
• 1909 - Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Rita Levi-Montalcini (born April 22, 1909) Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian neurologist who together with colleague The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Indro Montanelli ( April 22, 1909 - July 22, 2001) was an Italian journalist and historian known for his new approach to writing History 2001)
• 1910 - Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Norman Earl Steenrod ( April 22, 1910 – October 14, 1971) was a preeminent Mathematical Topologist who most widely known for his contributions 1971)
• 1912 - Kathleen Ferrier, British singer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Kathleen Mary Ferrier CBE ( 22 April 1912 &ndash 8 October 1953) was an English Contralto 1953)
• 1914 - Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jan de Hartog (b1914- d2002 was a Dutch playwright novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker. 2002)
• 1914 - Michael Wittman, German soldier and tank ace (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Wittmann (April 22 1914 - August 8 1944 was a German SS - Hauptsturmführer during World War II. A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy Aircraft during aerial combat 1944)
• 1916 - Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Yehudi Menuhin Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22 1916 – March 12 1999 was an American -born Violinist and conductor who spent 1999)
• 1918 - Mickey Vernon, baseball player
• 1919 - Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Barton "Mickey" Vernon ( April 22 1918 - September 24 2008) was an American First baseman in Major Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Donald James Cram (April 22 1919 &ndash June 17 2001 was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 2001)
• 1922 - Charles Mingus, American musician (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Mingus ( 22 April 1922 &ndash 5 January 1979) was an American Jazz Bassist, Composer, 1979)
• 1922 - Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) 1973)
• 1923 - Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Avis Bunnage ( 22 April 1923, Manchester England, UK – 4 October 1990, England) was a British actress of 1990)
• 1923 - Bettie Page, American model
• 1923 - Aaron Spelling, American television producer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Bettie Mae Page (born Betty Mae Page April 22 1923 in Nashville Tennessee) is a former American model who became famous in the 1950s for Aaron Spelling' (April 22 1923 – June 23 2006 was an American film and Television producer. 2006)
• 1925 - George Cole, English actor
• 1926 - Charlotte Rae, American actress
• 1926 - James Stirling, British architect (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Edward Cole OBE (born April 22, 1925 in Tooting, London, England) is an English Actor. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlotte Rae (born April 22 1926) is an American actress and singer known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the Sitcoms Sir James Frazer Stirling FRIBA ( 22 April 1926 in Glasgow – 25 June 1992 in London) was a Pritzker 1992)
• 1927 - Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lorenzo Aitken ( April 22 1927 – July 17 2005) better known as Laurel Aitken, was a Singer and one of the originators 2005)
• 1935 - Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr ( April 22 1935 – January 4 1969) was one of the most influential Jazz bassists of the 1969)
• 1936 - Glen Campbell, American musician
• 1936 - Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22 1936 in Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning and two time nominated Golden Pierre Hétu (born April 22, 1936 in Montreal Quebec, died December 3, 1998 in Montreal Canadian conductor 1998)
• 1937 - Jack Nicholson, American actor
• 1937 - Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( April 22 1937  &ndash August 25 2000) was an arranger producer songwriter and Academy Award 2000)
• 1939 - Mel Carter, American singer
• 1939 - Jason Miller, American playwright (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mel Carter (born 22 April 1939, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American Singer. Jason Miller (April 22 1939 – May 13 2001 was an American Actor and Pulitzer Prize -winning Playwright. 2001)
• 1939 - Theodor Waigel, German politician and finance minister
• 1943 - Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate
• 1944 - Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theodor Waigel (born April 22, 1939) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria party Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American Poet. The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35000 a year Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Stephen Fossett (born April 22 1944 missing September 3 2007 declared legally dead February 15 2008 On September 3 2007 Fossett was reported missing after 2007)
• 1946 - John Waters, American film writer
• 1946 - Louise Harel, Quebec politician
• 1946 - Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
• 1946 - Steven L. Bennett, USAF Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Samuel Waters Jr (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, Actor, Writer, Celebrity, Louise Harel (born April 22, 1946 in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. Nicole Garcia (born in Oran, French Algeria, on April 22, 1946) is a French actress Film director and writer Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steven Logan Bennett ( April 22, 1946 &ndash June 29, 1972) of Palestine Texas was a United States Air Force pilot who was 1972)
• 1950 - Peter Frampton, English musician
• 1950 - Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
• 1951 - Paul Carrack, English musician
• 1951 - Ana María Shua, Argentine poet
• 1952 - Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress
• 1952 - François Berléand, French actor
• 1953 - Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
• 1955 - Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer
• 1957 - Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister
• 1958 - Ken Olandt, American actor
• 1959 - Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
• 1959 - Ryan Stiles, Canadian-born actor
• 1960 - Mart Laar, Estonian statesman
• 1960 - Gary Rhodes, English chef
• 1960 - Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive
• 1962 - Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
• 1965 - Lauri Hendler, actress
• 1965 - Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 - Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English Musician, best known today for his solo Zygmunt "Zygi" Wilf (born April 22, 1950 in Germany) is the principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Paul Carrack (born April 22, 1951 in Sheffield England) is an English keyboardist singer and songwriter Ana María Shua (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 22, 1951) is an Argentine writer of fiction and short fiction and a Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marilyn Chambers (born Marilyn Ann Briggs, April 22, 1952, in Providence Rhode Island, U François Berléand (born 22 April 1952 is a French actor He plays Gilles Triquet the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in Le Bureau, Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juhani Komulainen (born April 22, 1953 in Jämsänkoski, Finland) is a Finnish Composer of Modern classical music Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Johnnie To Kei-Fung, born April 22, 1955 is a Hong Kong Film director and producer. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Donald Franciszek Tusk (ˈdɔnalt franˈtɕiʃɛk ˈtusk born April 22 1957, Gdańsk) is a Center-right Polish politician co-founder Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ken Olandt (born April 22, 1958) is an American Actor, producer, and Executive producer. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Catherine Mary Stewart (born Catherine Mary Nursall on April 22 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta Stewart made guest appearances Ryan Lee Stiles (born April 22, 1959) is an Emmy -nominated American - Canadian Actor and Comedian, whose work Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mart Laar (born April 22 1960 in Viljandi) is an Estonian statesman historian and a founding Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gary Rhodes OBE (born April 22, 1960) is an English restaurateur cookery writer, and Celebrity chef, known for his Randall Lynn Stephenson Jr (born 22 April 1960 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) is an American Business executive. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeff 'Yak' Minter (born in Reading, April 22 1962) is a British computer / Video game designer and programmer Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Lauri Hendler (born April 22, 1965 in Fort Belvoir Virginia) is an American Actress. Peter Zezel ( Serbian: Latin Petar Žeželj, Cyrillic Петар Жежељ) (born April 22, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario, Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Mariana Levy Fernández ( April 22 1966 &ndash April 29 2005) was a Mexican Telenovela actress 2005)
• 1966 - Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
• 1967 - Sheryl Lee, American actress
• 1967 - Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
• 1967 - Harvey Williams, American football player
• 1968 - Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 - Dion Dublin, English footballer
• 1970 - Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player
• 1970 - Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
• 1971 - Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist
• 1971 - Eric Mabius, American actor
• 1972 - Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union footballer
• 1973 - Adem Poric, Australian former footballer
• 1973 - Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
• 1974 - Diego Costa, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1974 - Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down)
• 1975 - Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966) is an American Actor. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Sheryl Lee (born April 22, 1967) is an American Actress. She came to international attention for her performances on the 1990 cult Sherri Evonne Shepherd (born April 22 1967) is an American Comedian, Actress, and co-host on the ABC daytime talkshow Harvey Lavance Williams (born April 22, 1967 in Hempstead Texas) is a former professional American football Running back for the Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zarley Bennett Zalapski (b April 22, 1968 in Edmonton, Alberta) is an Ice hockey defenceman Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dion Dublin (born 22 April 1969 in Leicester, Leicestershire) is an English former footballer. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrea Giani (born April 22, 1970 in Naples) is an Italian coach and retired Volleyball player who scored notable successes in Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez (born April 22 1970 is a Filipino Singer, Actress, Record producer, and TV host Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Daisuke Enomoto (ja 榎本大輔 Enomoto Daisuke, born April 22, 1971, nicknamed Dice-K) is a Japanese businessman and former Livedoor The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan Space tourism is the recent Phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space pioneered by Russia Eric Harry Timothy Mabius (born April 22, 1971) is an American Actor. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Owen Finegan (born 22 April 1972 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian international Rugby union player Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Adem Poric (born 22 April 1973 in London, England) is a former Australian professional footballer most famous for playing for Sheffield Ofer Talker (עופר טלקר is an Israeli football player who plays for Hapoel Kfar Saba football club Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Diego Costa (born April 22, 1974 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) is a singer songwriter music producer and music entrepreneur Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian (b April 22 1974, Yerevan, Armenian SSR) was the Bassist for the Los Angeles -based System of a Down (commonly referred to as System or abbreviated as SOAD) is an Armenian American rock band formed in 1994 in Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Greg Moore ( April 22, 1975 &mdash October 31, 1999) was a Canadian Racecar driver who competed in the Indy Lights and CART 1999)
• 1975 - Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
• 1976 - Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
• 1976 - Paul Henderson, Australian soccer player
• 1976 - Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 - Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
• 1977 - Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
• 1978 - Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
• 1978 - Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
• 1979 - Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)
• 1979 - Zoltan Gera, Hungarian footballer
• 1980 - Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
• 1980 - Courtney Friel, presenter of World Poker Tour
• 1980 - Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1980 - Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
• 1981 - Ken Dorsey, American football player
• 1982 - Kaká, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 - Tim Hamilton, Slovak adult movie actor
• 1983 - Matt Jones, American football player
• 1984 - Michelle Ryan, English actress
• 1984 - Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)
• 1986 - Dusan Sakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player
• 1986 - Amber Heard, American actress
• 1986 - Marshawn Lynch, American Football player

Deaths

• 296 - Pope Caius
• 455 - Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor
• 536 - Pope Agapetus I
• 1592 - Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (b. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Carlos Sastre Candil (born 22 April 1975 in Leganés, Madrid) is a Spanish professional Road bicycle racer and champion Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michał Żewłakow ( pron ˈmixaw ʐɛvˈwakɔf born April 22 1976 is a Polish footballer solid left-sided defender who captains Paul John Henderson (born April 22 1976 in Sydney, Cumberland County) is an Australian football goalkeeper who plays for Leicester Dan Cloutier (born April 22, 1976 in Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada) is a professional ice hockey goaltender who is an unrestricted Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Mark Peter Gertuda Andreas van Bommel (born April 22, 1977 in Maasbracht) is a Dutch footballer who plays for and captains Aaron Fink (born April 22 1978 is the lead guitarist and occasional backing vocalist for the rock band Breaking Benjamin. Breaking Benjamin is an Alternative metal band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Jason Stollsteimer (born Jason Elliott Stollsteimer on April 22, 1978 in Southfield) Michigan is the Vocalist and The Von Bondies are an American Alternative rock band whose current line-up is composed of Jason Stollsteimer on vocals and lead guitar Christy Hunt on Esteban Tuero (born April 22 1978 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Racing driver who raced for the Minardi Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Paul Johns (born April 22, 1979) is an Australian vocalist, Composer, Guitarist, and Pianist, best known Silverchair is an Australian Alternative rock band. The band formed as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1992 Zoltán Gera ( ˈzoltaːn 'ɡɛrɒ born 22 April 1979 in Pécs) is a Hungarian footballer who plays for English club Fulham FC after signing Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Nicolas Douchez (born April 22, 1980 in Rosny-sous-Bois) is a French football goalkeeper currently playing for Stade Rennais FC in Courtney Friel (born April 22, 1980) is an American Entertainment reporter for the Fox News Channel. The World Poker Tour (WPT is a series of international Poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players Carlos Enrique Hernández (born April 22, 1980 in Guacara Carabobo State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball Starting Aaron Michael Metchik, also credited as Aaron Metchik, is an American actor writer and director best known for his role as Steven Floyd Torkelson on The Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Kenneth Simon Dorsey (born April 22, 1981 in Orinda California) is an NFL Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (hiˈkaɾdʊ Tim Hamilton is a Czech porn actor and model in Gay pornography. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Matthew Jones (born April 22, 1983 in) is an American football Wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Michelle Claire Ryan (born 22 April 1984 is an English Actress of Irish ancestry Sugababes are a BRIT Award -winning English pop group trio from London. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Dušan Šakota ( Ντούσαν Σάκοτα) (born April 22nd, 1986 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Greek Amber Laura Heard (born April 22, 1986) is an American Actress. Marshawn Lynch (born April 22, 1986, in Oakland California) is an American football Running back who currently plays for the Events By Place Roman Empire Galerius is defeated in combat by the Persians under Narseh outside Ctesiphon Pope Events By Place Western Roman Empire March 16 — Valentinian III is murdered by former soldiers of Aëtius, in revenge Flavius Anicius Petronius Maximus (c 396 - May 31 455) was a Roman aristocrat and briefly Western Roman Emperor with the designation Events By Place Byzantine Empire April — Belisarius, a general in the service of Justinian I, lands in Italy Pope Bartolomeo Ammanati ( June 18 1511 - April 13 1592) was a Florentine Architect and sculptor. 1511)
• 1672 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. Georg Stiernhielm ( August 7, 1598 &ndash April 22, 1672) was a Swedish civil servant linguist and poet 1598)
• 1699 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (b. 1646)
• 1758 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antoine De Jussieu ( July 6, 1686 - April 22, 1758) was a French naturalist. 1686)
• 1778 - James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or James Hargreaves (also known as James Hargraves) (1720 – 22 April 1778) was a weaver, Carpenter and an Inventor in Lancashire 1720)
• 1806 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve ( 31 December 1763 &ndash 22 April 1806) was a French naval officer during the 1763)
• 1833 - Richard Trevithick, English inventor (b. Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Richard Trevithick ( April 13, 1771 &ndash April 22, 1833) was a British 1771)
• 1839 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (Russian Денис Васильевич Давыдов ( —) was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented a specific 1784)
• 1854 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Nicolás Bravo Rueda ( September 10, 1786 &ndash April 22, 1854) was a Mexican politician and soldier 1786)
• 1877 - James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Pugh Kirkwood (1807 &ndash April 22, 1877) was a 19th century American civil engineer 1807)
• 1892 - Edouard Lalo, French composer (b. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo ( 27 January 1823 &ndash 22 April 1892) was a French Composer of Spanish descent 1823)
• 1893 - Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Chaim Aronson ( July 30, 1825 - April 22, 1893) was a Lithuanian Jew: inventor and academic who lived in Tsarist Russia 1825)
• 1896 - Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Thomas Meik ( -) was a British Engineer, born in Duddingston, Midlothian. 1812)
• 1908 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 &ndash 22 April 1908 was a British Liberal Statesman who served as Prime Minister The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1836)
• 1925 - André Caplet, French composer (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. André Caplet ( November 23, 1878 &ndash April 22, 1925) was a French Composer and conductor now known primarily 1878)
• 1929 - Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Lerolle ( October 3, 1848 - April 22, 1929) was French painter art collector and patron born in Paris 1848)
• 1930 - Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeppe Aakjær (born in Aakjær in September 10, 1866 &ndash died in Jenle April 22, 1930) was a Danish poet and 1866)
• 1933 - Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Frederick Henry Royce 1st Baronet, OBE (27 March 1863 - 22 April 1933 was a pioneering car manufacturer who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the 1863)
• 1945 - Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz ( July 8, 1867 – April 22, 1945) was a German painter, Printmaker, and Sculptor 1867)
• 1945 - Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Wilhelm Cauer ( June 24, 1900 &ndash April 22, 1945) was a German mathematician and scientist 1900)
• 1946 - Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harlan Fiske Stone ( October 11 1872 – April 22 1946) was an American Lawyer and jurist. The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the U 1872)
• 1946 - Lionel Atwill, English Actor (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Lionel Atwill ( March 1, 1885 – April 22, 1946 was an English stage and film actor born in Croydon, London, England. 1885)
• 1951 - Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Horace St John Kelly Donisthorpe ( March 17, 1870 – April 22, 1951) was an eccentric British Myrmecologist and 1870)
• 1968 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stephen H Sholes ( February 12, 1911 &ndash April 22, 1968) was a prominent recording executive with RCA Victor. 1911)
• 1978 - Will Geer, American actor (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Will Geer ( 9 March 1902 &ndash 22 April 1978) was an American Actor. 1902)
• 1980 - Jane Froman, American actress (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Jane Froman ( November 10 1907 &ndash April 22 1980) was an American Singer and actress. 1907)
• 1980 - Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz" Strassman ( February 22, 1902 - April 22, 1980) was a German chemist who with 1902)
• 1983 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, ( 28 December, 1903 Duquesne Pennsylvania &ndash 22 April 1903)
• 1983 - John Louis Evans, convicted murderer (executed) (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting John Louis Evans III ( January 4, 1950 &ndash April 22, 1983) was the first inmate to be executed by the State of Alabama after the 1950)
• 1984 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Ansel Easton Adams (February 20 1902 – April 22 1984 was a legendary American Photographer and Environmentalist, best known for his Black-and-white 1902)
• 1985 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Paul Hugh Emmett ( September 22, 1900 - April 22, 1985) was an American chemical engineer born in Portland Oregon. 1900)
• 1985 - Jacques Ferron, French Canadian physician, author and politician (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Jacques Ferron ( January 21, 1921 - April 22, 1985) was a Canadian Physician and Author. 1921)
• 1986 - Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Mircea Eliade ( – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion fiction writer philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago 1907)
• 1988 - Irene Rich, American actress (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Irene Rich (born Irene Luther on October 13, 1891 in Buffalo New York; died April 22, 1988 in Santa Barbara California 1891)
• 1990 - Albert Salmi, American actor (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Albert Salmi ( March 11, 1928 - April 22, 1990) was an American actor 1928)
• 1994 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1913)
• 1995 - Maggie Kuhn, American activist (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Maggie Kuhn ( August 3, 1905 - April 22, 1995) was born in Buffalo New York. 1905)
• 1996 - Erma Bombeck, American humorist (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Erma Louise Bombeck ( February 21 1927 – April 22, 1996) born Erma Fiste, was an American Humorist who achieved 1927)
• 1996 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold Lee "Jug" McSpaden ( July 21, 1908 &ndash April 22, 1996) was an American professional Golfer 1908)
• 1998 - Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) George Moir Christie, better known as Kitch Christie (31 January 1940 – 22 April 1998 was a South African Rugby union coach best known for coaching the 1940)
• 1999 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 1938)
• 2002 - Linda Lovelace, American adult actress (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Linda Susan Boreman (January 10 1949 – April 22 2002 better known by her Stage name, " Linda Lovelace," was a porn actress who was famous 1949)
• 2003 - Martha Griffiths, U. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Martha Wright Griffiths (January 29 1912–April 22 2003 was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954 S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
• 2003 - Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Michael ("Mike" Denny Larrabee ( December 2, 1933 &ndash April 22, 2003) was an American athlete, winner 1933)
• 2003 - Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Felice Bryant ( August 7, 1925 – April 22, 2003) and Boudleaux Bryant ( February 13, 1925)
• 2004 - Pat Tillman, American football player and U. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Patrick Daniel Tillman ( November 6, 1976   – April 22, 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
• 2004 - Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jason Dunham (10 November 1981 &ndash 22 April 2004 was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps who served with 4th Platoon, Company K The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. 1981)
• 2005 - Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norman Bird ( 30 October 1920 – 22 April 2005) was one of Britain's foremost character actors 1920)
• 2005 - Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Robert Joseph Farnon ( July 24, 1917 &ndash April 22, 2005) was a Canadian -born composer conductor 1917)
• 2005 - Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Erika Fuchs, née Petri, (7 December 1906 in Rostock – 22 April 2005 in Munich) was a German Translator. 1906)
• 2005 - Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Philip Morrison, (born 7 November 1915 in Somerville New Jersey &ndash died 22 April 2005 in Cambridge Massachusetts 1915)
• 2006 - Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Alida Valli (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006 sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in over 100 films including Carol Reed's 1921)
• 2007 - Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Juanita Millender-McDonald ( September 7, 1938 – April 22, 2007) was an American politician who served as a member of the 1938)
• 2008 - Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Ed Chynoweth ( December 14, 1941, Dodsland Saskatchewan – April 22, 2008, Calgary, Alberta) was the long time 1941)

Holidays and observances

• Earth Day
• Brazil - Discovery Day
• Abel McAedh
• Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions
• April 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Earth Day is one of two Observances both held annually during spring in the Northern hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern hemisphere. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Discovery Day is the name of several holidays commemorating the discovery of land gold and other significant national discoveries Abel McAedh is a Saint of the Christian church. He is commemorated with a Feast day of April 22. Acepsimas of Hnaita (died October 10, 376) was a bishop martyr and saint Apr 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr 23 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 5 by Old Calendarists Saints

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