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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

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

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