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What are the important events that happened on April 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 22 is the 112th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 9, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,800 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecadigon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 301 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,505 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 22 Historical Events
- 1912 –Pravda, the “voice” of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
- 1993 –Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.
- 2000 –In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives’ home in Miami, Florida.
- 2006 –243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.
- 2008 –The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
Who were born on April 22?
- 1840 –Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
- 1844 –Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
- 1922 –Charles Mingus, American musician (d. 1979)
- 1965 –Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 –Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player
Who died on April 22?
- 1944 –Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (b. 1913)
- 1990 –Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1999 –Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
- 2004 –Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
- 2005 –Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
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