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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 9, 2021 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 26,984,160 minutes 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 285 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 3,044 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 22 Historical Events
- 1889 –At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
- 1906 –The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
- 1912 –Pravda, the “voice” of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
- 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.
- 1944 –The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with CSAR operations in the China-Burma-India theater.
- 1944 –World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
- 1992 –In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
- 1997 –The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
- 1998 –Disney’s Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 2003 –Election of the fifth Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Who were born on April 22?
- 1892 –Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
- 1976 –Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
- 1977 –Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
- 1977 –Ambra Angiolini, Italian actress
- 1977 –Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
- 1980 –Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1982 –David Purcey, American baseball player
- 1983 –Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer
- 1984 –Michelle Ryan, English actress
- 1986 –Dušan Šakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player
Who died on April 22?
- 1672 –Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598)
- 1778 –James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. 1720)
- 1806 –Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
- 1929 –Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
- 1944 –Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (b. 1913)
- 1945 –Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (b. 1867)
- 1983 –John Louis Evans, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1950)
- 1986 –Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. 1907)
- 1995 –Maggie Kuhn, American activist (b. 1905)
- 2011 –Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (b. 1950)
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