History Events on April 22
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History Events on April 22
World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.
#World_War_II
In 1944
World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.
#Jasenovac_concentration_camp
In 1945
The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
#London_Naval_Treaty
In 1930
At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
#Land_Rush_of_1889
In 1889
The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
#United_States_Air_Force
In 2008
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
#Junichiro_Koizumi
In 2005
Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces.
#1948_Arab-Israeli_War
In 1948
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements.
#Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police
In 2013
Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues (1,250 kilometres (780 mi)) east of the Moluccas.
#Treaty_of_Zaragoza
In 1529
The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
#United_States_Congress
In 1864
British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
#Robin_Knox-Johnston
In 1969
The German magazine Stern claims the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
#Stern_(magazine)
In 1983
Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.
#Murder_of_Stephen_Lawrence
In 1993
The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
#Battle_of_Eckmühl
In 1809
Spanish-American War: The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
#Spanish-American_War
In 1898
In a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
#1992_Guadalajara_explosions
In 1992
In 2019
In 1906
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