April 22nd in History

The Oklahoma Land Rush begins, April 22, 1889

Today in History

  • The first National League baseball game is played (1876)
  • The Land Rush into Oklahoma begins at high noon (1889)
  • Helicopters are used for the first time in combat (1944)
  • Television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begin (1954)
  • The New York World’s Fair opens (1964)
  • The first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe by sailboat is completed (1969)
  • Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released (1993)

Birthdays

  • Isabella I of Castile, Columbus sponsor (1451)
  • Henry Fielding, author (1707)
  • Immanuel Kant, philosopher (1724)
  • Владимир Ленин (Vladimir Lenin), Soviet leader (1870 — O.S. 10 April)*
  • Алекса́ндр Ке́ренский (Alexander Kerensky), Russian prime minister (O.S. 1881 — 4 May)*
  • Nicola Sacco, Vanzetti partner (1891)
  • Влади́мир Набо́ков (Vladimir Nabokov), author (1899 — O.S. 10 April)
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist (1904)
  • Eddie Albert, actor (1906)
  • Yehudi Menuhin, violinist (1916)
  • Charles Mingus, jazz musician (1922)
  • Bettie Page, pin-up (1923)
  • Aaron Spelling, producer (1923)
  • Charlotte Rae, actress (1926)
  • Glen Campbell, singer-songwriter (1936)
  • Jack Nicholson, actor (1937)
  • Janet Evanovich, author (1943)
  • John Waters, filmmaker (1946)
  • Peter Frampton, singer-songwriter, guitarist (1951)
  • Marilyn Chambers, porn star (1952)
  • Ken Olandt, actor (1958)
  • Ryan Stiles, actor (1959)
  • Sheryl Lee, actress (1967)
  • Amber Heard, actress (1986)
*O.S., or Old Style, refers to the fact that Russia did not convert from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar until 1918. Lenin and Nabokov were born 10 April under the Julian calendar, which is the equivalent to 22 April Gregorian. Kerensky is the opposite: he was born 22 April Gregorian, which corresponds to 10 May Julian.
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Deaths

  • Miguel de Cervantes, author (1616)
  • Henry Royce, car manufacturer (1933)
  • Harlan F. Stone, chief justice (1946)
  • Will Geer, actor (1978)
  • Earl “Fatha” Hines, pianist and bandleader (1983)
  • Ansel Adams, photographer (1984)
  • Richard Nixon, US President and unindicted co-conspirator (1994)
  • Erma Bombeck, columnist (1996)
  • Linda Lovelace, porn star (2002)
  • Pat Tillman, football player and soldier (2004)
  • Richie Havens, singer-songwriter (2013)

Holidays and Celebrations 

  • Discovery Day (Brazil)
  • Earth Day (and related observances, worldwide)
  • Girl Scout Leader Day (American Girl Scouts)
Informal and made-up holidays include “In God We Trust” Day (celebrating the addition of that motto to US coins on April 22, 1864) and National Jelly Bean Day.
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April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113rd in leap years). There are 253 days remaining until the end of the year.