April 22 - This day in History

April 22 : General Interest 1970: The first Earth Day Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world's environmental problems, is celebrated in the United States for the first time... read more American Revolution 1778 : John Paul Jones leads American raid on Whitehaven, England http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-paul-jones-leads-american-raid-on-whitehaven-england Automotive 1933 : Rolls-Royce co-founder dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rolls-royce-co-founder-dies Civil War 1863 : Union raid cuts Mississippi telegraph wires http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/griersons-raid-cuts-telegraph-wires-near-macon Cold War 1954 : McCarthy Army hearings begin http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mccarthy-army-hearings-begin Crime 1886 : Seduction is made illegal http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/seduction-is-made-illegal 1934 : An FBI agent is killed in a gangster raid http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/an-fbi-agent-is-killed-in-a-gangster-raid Disaster 1992 : Sewers explode in Guadalajara http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sewers-explode-in-guadalajara General Interest 1915 : Germans introduce poison gas http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-introduce-poison-gas 1997 : Fujimori orders assault on Japanese ambassador's home http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fujimori-orders-assault-on-japanese-ambassadors-home Hollywood 1937 : Jack Nicholson born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jack-nicholson-born Literary 1873 : Ellen Glasgow, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ellen-glasgow-pulitzer-prize-winning-american-novelist-is-born Music 1978 : The Blues Brothers make their world premiere on Saturday Night Live http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-blues-brothers-make-their-world-premiere-on-saturday-night-live Old West 1889 : The Oklahoma land rush begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-oklahoma-land-rush-begins Presidential 1994 : Former President Richard Nixon dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-president-richard-nixon-dies Sports 2004 : Pat Tillman killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pat-tillman-killed-by-friendly-fire-in-afghanistan Vietnam War 1968 : South Vietnamese have increased combat capabilities http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-have-increased-combat-capabilities 1972 : Antiwar demonstrations held http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/antiwar-demonstrations-held World War I 1915 : Second Battle of Ypres begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/second-battle-of-ypres-begins World War II 1944 : Americans launch Operation Persecution in the Pacific http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-launch-operation-persecution-in-the-pacific 1945 : Hitler admits defeat http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-admits-defeat