April 22

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 22. From 1900 until now. April 22 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Jack Nicholson (1937), Amber Heard (1986) and Nicole Garcia (1946). Several movies were released around April 22 over the years, such as Citizen Kane in 1941 directed by Orson Welles and Yojimbo in 1961 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
But much more happened on April 22 over the years: find out below

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2019 2019 Luzon earthquake: Sixteen people are killed when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes the municipalities of Porac and Lubao, Pampanga province, Philippines at 17:11 Philippine Standard Time. (The Manila Times)According to PHIVOLCS, the epicenter of the earthquake is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of Castillejos, Zambales. PHIVOLCS originally records the earthquake, which is tectonic in origin, at magnitude 5.7, but later upgrades it to 6.1. (GMA News)
2018 2018 Gaza border protests: Rival Hamas and Fatah members clash in the Gaza Strip at a tent set up by the family of Mohammed Ayoub, 14, to receive condolences on his death in the protests. Hamas later dismantles the tent and orders all present to leave. (The Times of Israel)
2017 Pope Francis, while honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships, and terrorism at Rome's Basilica of St. Bartholomew, adds to those named the wife of a Muslim he met in Lesbos, Greece, who was killed by terrorists because she wouldn't throw down her crucifix. Francis referred to the Lesbos camp as a 'concentration camp' noting, despite the good will of local communities, many refugee camps are overcrowded and little more than prisons. (Reuters) (Catholic News Service)
2016 Moro conflict: The U.K. Foreign Office and the U.S. State Department issue travel advisories regarding the Philippine island of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago after a recent kidnapping near Davao City. (Sun Star Cebu),(Rappler)
2015 A tribal fight in Papua New Guinea's Hela Province between the Wapiago and Tapamu clans claims the lives of ten people, mostly children. (ABC News Australia)
2014 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:: Russian-born American-Israeli journalist Simon Ostrovsky is reportedly abducted in Sloviansk by the militia of the separatist pro-Russian leader Vyacheslav Ponomarev. (Mashable)
2013 2013 Belgorod shooting:: A man goes on a shooting rampage outside a firearm shop in Belgorod, Russia, killing six. (BBC)
2012 Bahraini uprising:
2011 Cambodia and Thailand exchange fire across their mutual border; with casualties on both sides. (The Hindu) (Bangkok Post) (BBC)
2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast sinks into the Gulf of Mexico two days after an explosion tore through it.
2009 The United Kingdom's new government budget will increase borrowing and tax high-income earners to 50%. (''Washington Post'')
2008 The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
2007 Turkey Christians tortured and murdered and Turkey's government, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a former Islamist, has expresses concern over the spread of Christian activity in Turkey, VOA reported .
2006 Colombian Armed Conflict: Seventeen Colombian soldiers and a secret policeman were killed by rebels in an ambush in the mountains near the Venezuelan border. (BBC)
2005 Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
2004 Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
2003 The International Criminal Court elects its first prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo.
2002 video game score tracking website Cyberscore is made.
2001 Gentry Underwood and Michelle Stevens are married in Carmel Valley, California
2000 In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elian Gonzalez from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida.
1998 Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1997 Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria : 93 villagers killed.
1995 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby.
1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500
1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78
1992 High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club closes at H Hayes NYC 14 performances
1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama, kills 95
1990 Truly Blessed opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances
1989 Welcome to the Club closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 12 performances
1988 New Jersey Devils' Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of eight points in a playoff game (hat trick and five assists) in 10-4 rout over the Washington Capitals.
1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bombs Tamil rebels; 100s killed.
1986 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
1984 Ansel Adams, American photographer, dies at age 82 (born 1902).
1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles win series 4-2
1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton [03 / 23]
1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike.
1980 Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at age 72.
1979 Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony.
1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel.
1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4 - Quarterfinals - Penguins hold 3-2 lead
1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
1972 Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
1971 Soyuz 10 launched
1970 Park opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312-day non-stop sailing.
1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece.
1966 Atlanta Braves win their first game, beating New York Mets 8-4.
1964 Tanganyika andZanzibar form Republic Tanzania
1963 Lester Bowles Pearson becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open.
1961 Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria.
1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in one inning Sox score 11 runs on one hit, ten walks, and three errors.
1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open.
1955 US Congress orders all US coins to bear motto "In God We Trust".
1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government.
1952 First atomic explosion on network news, Nob Nevada.
1951 Ticker-tape parade for General Douglas MacArthur in New York City, New York, USA.
1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1946 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms
1945 Concentration camp at Sachsenhausen liberated.
1944 Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg
1943 German counter-attack in North Tunisia.
1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right).
1937 New York City college students stage fourth annual peace strike.
1934 John Dillinger and two others shoot their way out of an FBI ambush in northern Wisconsin.
1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address.
1931 Austria, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the USA recognize the Spanish Republic.
1930 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
1928 An earthquake destroys 200,000 buildings in Corinth.
1927 May 5 ampndash The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 strikes 700,000 people in the greatest natural disaster in American history at that time.
1926 Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security.
1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms, Netherlands.
1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region is established in Georgian SSR.
1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont.
1915 New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for first time.
1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania.
1912 Pravda, the ''voice'' of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
1906 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature Monument in Amsterdam.
1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950
1900 Battle of Kousséri: French forces secure their domination of Chad. Warlord Rabih az-Zubayr is defeated and killed.
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