Today In History - April 22

1056 Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
1073 Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII
1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1164 Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III
1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris
1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal
1509 Henry VIII ascended to throne of England
1521 French king Francois I declares war on Spain
1529 Treaty of Saragosa: Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere
1648 English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed
1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
1662 Royal Society incorporates
1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament
1674 Netherlands and Munster sign peace treaty
1677 Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet
1692 Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
1722 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
1728 Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris
1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
1793 President Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in U.S.
1796 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
1809 Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl
1817 Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight
1823 R. J. Tyers patents roller skates
1838 English steamship "Sirius" docks in New York City after Atlantic crossing
1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
1876 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5
1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
1876 Philadelphia Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run
1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"
1893 Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo
1893 Paul Kruger elected president of Transvaal for 3rd time
1898 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
1898 Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
1898 Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0
1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry
1898 U.S. President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
1903 American Power Boat Association forms
1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam
1906 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
1908 Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
1914 Mexico ends diplomatic relations with U.S.
1915 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I
1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins
1915 New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont
1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR
1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms
1926 Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security
1927 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E
1930 U.S., Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty
1931 Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty
1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address
1937 New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike
1943 German counter attack in North-Tunisia
1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea
1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
1959 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
1961 Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria
1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open
1962 New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season
1962 Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
1962 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form republic Tanzania
1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4
1966 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
1969 1st human eye transplant performed
1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing
1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances
1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1970 Flat Earth celebrated
1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
1971 Soyuz 10 launched
1972 Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon
1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead
1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony
1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament
1979 Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2
1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
1984 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1989 "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances
1990 "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 33 performances
1990 Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama, kills 95
1991 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
1991 Intel releases 486SX chip
1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show
1992 "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes New York City 14 performances
1992 6.0 earthquake in California
1992 Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico
1992 Holocaust Museum dedicated in Washington D.C.
1992 Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists
1993 "Who's Tommy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 899 performances
1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78
1993 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
1993 Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte
1994 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda
1994 Borge Ousland reaches North pole
1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500
1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made
1994 Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1994 Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam

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