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What Happened On April 22

Q: What happened on April 22?

1885: The first meeting of the Colonial Defence Committee, a standing committee of the British Colonial Office, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados. 1864: U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece (pictured), the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust". 1876: The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. 1809: The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. 2004: Flammable cargo exploded at a railway station in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than a thousand others. 1948: Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: The Jewish paramilitary group Haganah captured Haifa from the Arab Liberation Army. 1945: About 600 prisoners of the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia revolted, but only 80 managed to escape while the remainder were killed by the Ustaše regime. 2005: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. 1977: Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. 1970: The first Earth Day is celebrated.

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1885 First ever
The first meeting of the Colonial Defence Committee, a standing committee of the British Colonial Office, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados.
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1864 First ever
U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece (pictured), the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust".
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1876 First ever
The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1809 First ever
The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2004 Oddly true
Flammable cargo exploded at a railway station in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than a thousand others.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1948 Oddly true
Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: The Jewish paramilitary group Haganah captured Haifa from the Arab Liberation Army.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1945 Oddly true
About 600 prisoners of the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia revolted, but only 80 managed to escape while the remainder were killed by the Ustaše regime.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2005 Oddly true
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1977 First ever
Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
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1970 First ever
The first Earth Day is celebrated.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2025At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack. Wikipedia →
2020Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history. Wikipedia →
2016The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming. Wikipedia →
2005Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. Wikipedia →
1993Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham. Wikipedia →
1992A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206. Wikipedia →
1977Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. Wikipedia →
1974Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board. Wikipedia →
1970The first Earth Day is celebrated. Wikipedia →
1970Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park. Wikipedia →
1969British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Wikipedia →
1969The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta. Wikipedia →
1966American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83. Wikipedia →
1954Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins. Wikipedia →
1951Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong. Wikipedia →
1948Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces. Wikipedia →
1945World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape. Wikipedia →
1945World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. Wikipedia →
1930The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. Wikipedia →
1915World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres. Wikipedia →
1906The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens. Wikipedia →
1898Spanish–American War: President William McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the National Guard and fight in Cuba, while Congress more than doubles regular Army forces to 65,000. Wikipedia →
1889At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000. Wikipedia →
1876The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. Wikipedia →
1864The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. Wikipedia →
1836Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity. Wikipedia →
1809The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. Wikipedia →
1529Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues (1,250 kilometres (780 mi)) east of the Moluccas. Wikipedia →
1519Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. Wikipedia →
1500Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil). Wikipedia →
1073Election of Pope Gregory VII following the death of Pope Alexander II. Wikipedia →
960Basil II is crowned co-Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Wikipedia →

From The Guardian Archives — On This Day

2017The Guardian
Hello? ET? Just wait until you see the phone bill…
$100m spent and still there is no sign of extraterrestrials
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2013The Guardian
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography – Volume One by Charles Moore - digested read
John Crace distils the late Iron Lady's biography down to an illuminating 600 words
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2002The New York Times · Front page
Vatican's Influence Is in Vision, Not Details
Analysis: widely held American view of Vatican as micromanager of Catholicism around world is largely mistaken, and h…
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