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April 22, 2004 Train fire and explosion in Ryongchon, North Korea kills at least 160 and levels several buildings April 22, 2000 Elian Gonzalez is snatched by a SWAT team from his Florida relatives to return him to his father in Cuba April 22, 1995 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby April 22, 1995 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title April 22, 1994 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda April 22, 1994 Borge Ousland reaches North pole April 22, 1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500 April 22, 1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made April 22, 1994 Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title April 22, 1994 Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam April 22, 1993 "Who's Tommy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 899 performances April 22, 1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78 April 22, 1993 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox April 22, 1993 Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte April 22, 1992 "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes New York City 14 performances April 22, 1992 6.0 earthquake in California April 22, 1992 Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico April 22, 1992 Holocaust Museum dedicated in Washington D.C. April 22, 1992 Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists April 22, 1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama, kills 95 April 22, 1991 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park April 22, 1991 Intel releases 486SX chip April 22, 1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show April 22, 1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens April 22, 1990 "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 33 performances April 22, 1990 Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months April 22, 1989 "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances April 22, 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) April 22, 1988 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana) April 22, 1988 New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick and 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals April 22, 1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed April 22, 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 22, 1984 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic April 22, 1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 22, 1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2 April 22, 1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth April 22, 1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) April 22, 1983 Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) April 22, 1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season April 22, 1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton [03/23] April 22, 1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike April 22, 1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike April 22, 1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts April 22, 1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. April 22, 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament April 22, 1979 Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada April 22, 1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony April 22, 1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel April 22, 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor April 22, 1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation April 22, 1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead April 22, 1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show April 22, 1972 Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon April 22, 1971 Soyuz 10 launched April 22, 1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances April 22, 1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources April 22, 1970 Flat Earth celebrated April 22, 1970 New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher April 22, 1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19 April 22, 1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings April 22, 1969 1st human eye transplant performed April 22, 1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title April 22, 1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing April 22, 1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece April 22, 1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4 April 22, 1966 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test April 22, 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form republic Tanzania April 22, 1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens April 22, 1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open April 22, 1962 New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season April 22, 1962 Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season April 22, 1962 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2 April 22, 1961 Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria April 22, 1959 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings April 22, 1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, and 3 errors April 22, 1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies April 22, 1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open April 22, 1955 Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust" April 22, 1955 Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2 April 22, 1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government April 22, 1954 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock and 6 team-foul rule April 22, 1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began April 22, 1954 U.S.S.R. joins UNESCO April 22, 1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada April 22, 1952 Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in New York City April 22, 1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City April 22, 1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting April 22, 1947 1st NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2 April 22, 1946 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms April 22, 1945 Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated April 22, 1945 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 April 22, 1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea April 22, 1944 Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg April 22, 1943 German counter attack in North-Tunisia April 22, 1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea April 22, 1940 Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right) April 22, 1937 New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike April 22, 1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address April 22, 1931 Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty April 22, 1930 U.S., Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty April 22, 1927 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E April 22, 1926 Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security April 22, 1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms April 22, 1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR April 22, 1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont April 22, 1915 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I April 22, 1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins April 22, 1915 New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time April 22, 1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win April 22, 1914 Mexico ends diplomatic relations with U.S. April 22, 1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania April 22, 1908 Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba April 22, 1906 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece April 22, 1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls April 22, 1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam April 22, 1903 American Power Boat Association forms April 22, 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950 April 22, 1898 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship April 22, 1898 Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0 April 22, 1898 Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0 April 22, 1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry April 22, 1898 U.S. President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors April 22, 1897 New York City Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active) April 22, 1893 Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo April 22, 1893 Paul Kruger elected president of Transvaal for 3rd time April 22, 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner" April 22, 1884 Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 years 9 mos) April 22, 1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State April 22, 1876 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 April 22, 1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet April 22, 1876 Philadelphia Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run April 22, 1864 U.S. mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust") April 22, 1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces April 22, 1838 English steamship "Sirius" docks in New York City after Atlantic crossing April 22, 1823 Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London April 22, 1823 R. J. Tyers patents roller skates April 22, 1817 Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight April 22, 1809 Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl April 22, 1804 Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola April 22, 1796 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi April 22, 1793 President Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in U.S. April 22, 1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress April 22, 1728 Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris April 22, 1722 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed April 22, 1692 Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft April 22, 1677 Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet April 22, 1676 Battle of Etna - Neth/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded April 22, 1674 Netherlands and Munster sign peace treaty April 22, 1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament April 22, 1662 Royal Society incorporates April 22, 1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament April 22, 1648 English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed April 22, 1529 Treaty of Saragosa: Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere April 22, 1521 French king Francois I declares war on Spain April 22, 1509 Henry VIII ascended to throne of England April 22, 1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal April 22, 1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris April 22, 1164 Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III April 22, 1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet April 22, 1073 Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII April 22, 1056 Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye April 22, 536 St. Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope April 22, 296 St. Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope |