Category: This Day In History April 22

Categories: This Day In History April

Also see Wikipedia: April 22

Historic Events:
1145 - 19th recorded perihelion passage of Hailey's Comet

1521 - French king Francois I declares war on Spain

1823 - R J Tyers patents roller skates

1889 - Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"

1993 - The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.

Famous Birthdays:
1357 - Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)

1422 - Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk

1451 - Isabella (Castilla) de Castilla y León, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus

1610 – Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)

1724 - Immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)

1870 - Nikolai Lenin, [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist and Premier of Russia

1923 - Aaron Spelling, American television producer (Charlie's Angels), (d. 2006)

1937 - Jack Nicholson, New Jersey, actor (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining)

Famous Deaths:
1335 - Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36

1806 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)

1864 - Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76

1984 - Ansel Adams, US photographer, dies at 82

1994 - Richard Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), dies of a stroke at 81

National/International Days

National Jelly Bean Day - A day to celebrate the colorful candy

Earth Day - To encourage all citizens to help protect our environment and contribute to a healthy, sustainable world

ਦਲੀਪ (ਸੌਂਧ) Saund 20 Sep 1899 Punjab, India - 22 Apr 1973

Isabella (Castilla) de Castilla y León 22 Apr 1451 Madrigal De Las Altas, Torres, Avila, Spain - 26 Nov 1504

Andrew Curtin 22 Apr 1815 Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA - 07 Oct 1894

Bernice (Harling) Teague 1910s - 2000s

Edith (Hayman) Nicoll 22 Apr 1907 Holborn, Middlesex, England - abt Oct 1974

John Miller 22 Apr 1939 Queens, New York City, New York, United States - 13 May 2001

Jack Nicholson 1930s

Richard Nixon 09 Jan 1913 Yorba Linda, Orange, California, United States - 22 Apr 1994

Betty Page 22 Apr 1923 Nashville, Tennessee, United States - 11 Dec 2008

Eleanor (Plantagenet) of Woodstock 18 Jun 1318 Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England - 22 Apr 1355

Vladimir (Ulyanov) Lenin 22 Apr 1870 Simbirsk (Volga), Russia - 21 Jan 1924

Loretta Walsh 22 Apr 1896 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America - 17 Aug 1925

Elizabeth (York) de la Pole 22 Apr 1444 Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France - bef 03 May 1504

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