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History Events on April 22

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History Events on April 22

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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

Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

#Optical_fiber

In 1977

The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.

#Paris_Agreement

In 2016

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

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.

#Conquistador

In 1519

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

Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity.

#Texas_Revolution

In 1836

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

Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.

#Vietnam_War

In 1972

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

Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.

#Pedro_Álvares_Cabral

In 1500

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

World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.

#World_War_II

In 1944

The first Earth Day is celebrated.

#Earth_Day

In 1970

World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.

#Führerbunker

In 1945

Spanish-American War: The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.

#Spanish-American_War

In 1898

Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

#Korean_War

In 1951

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

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes the main Philippines island of Luzon, killing at least 8 people.

In 2019

More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.

In 2014

Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.

In 2004

In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.

In 2000

Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.

In 1997

Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy hearings begins.

In 1954

The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.

In 1944

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.

In 1915

The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.

In 1906

The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of the MLB.

In 1876

The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.

In 1622

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.

In 238

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