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 113th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 9, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,713,744,000 seconds 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 ‘hectadecatrigon’ day.
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 282 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 4,140 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 22 Historical Events
- 238 –Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1945 –World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
- 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.
- 2000 –In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives’ home in Miami, Florida.
- 2004 –Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
Who were born on April 22?
- 1868 –Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
- 1872 –Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954)
- 1918 –Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1955 –Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer
- 1962 –Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
- 1969 –Dion Dublin, English footballer
- 1980 –Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
- 1985 –Matt Ballinger, American singer (Dream Street)
- 1989 –Thomas James Longley, British actor
- 1990 –Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler
Who died on April 22?
- 1758 –Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
- 1778 –James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. 1720)
- 1929 –Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
- 1930 –Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet (b. 1866)
- 1980 –Jane Froman, American actress (b. 1907)
- 1999 –Chan Canasta, Polish-British magician and mindreader (b. 1920)
- 2003 –Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
- 2003 –Mike Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
- 2005 –Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
- 2010 –Richard Barrett, American lawyer and white nationalist (b. 1943)
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