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.
- 1912 –Tsinghua University, one of mainland China’s leading universities, is founded.
- 1945 –World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape.
- 1954 –Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begins.
- 1983 –The German magazine Der Stern claims that the “Hitler Diaries” had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
- 1992 –In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
- 1993 –Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.
- 1997 –Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria – 93 villagers killed.
- 2003 –Election of the fifth Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
- 2005 –Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan’s war record.
Who were born on April 22?
- 1918 –Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1952 –Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (d. 2009)
- 1958 –Ken Olandt, American actor
- 1968 –Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 –Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
- 1977 –Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
- 1980 –Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1984 –Amelle Berrabah, English singer (Sugababes)
- 1986 –Amber Heard, American actress
- 1988 –Amadou Samb, Senegalese footballer
Who died on April 22?
- 296 –Pope Caius
- 1944 –Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (b. 1913)
- 1951 –Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
- 1978 –Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1983 –Earl “Fatha” Hines, American jazz pianist (b. 1903)
- 1996 –Erma Bombeck, American humorist (b. 1927)
- 1999 –Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
- 2003 –Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
- 2004 –Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
- 2010 –Richard Barrett, American lawyer and white nationalist (b. 1943)
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