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What happened in history on this day: April 22?
On April 22 in ...
- 296 - Saint Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 536 - Saint Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1056 - Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye.
- 1073 - Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII.
- 1145 - 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1164 - Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III.
- 1253 - Elias van Cortona Italian General (1232-39), dies at about age 53.
- 1355 - Eleonora Plantagenet daughter of King Edward II, dies at age 36.
- 1357 - Birth of Johan I King of Portugal (1383-1433).
- 1370 - Bastille begins being built in Paris France.
- 1451 - Birth of Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus.
- 1462 - Gilbert of Lannoy master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies.
- 1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álares Cabral first sights land of South America (Brazil).
- 1509 - Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England.
- 1515 - Birth of Antoine of Bourbon duke of Vendôme/king of Navarra.
- 1521 - French king François I declares war on Spain.
- 1521 - Juan de Padilla Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded.
- 1526 - First slave revolt occurs in South Carolina.
- 1529 - Treaty of Saragosa Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere.
- 1610 - Birth of Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni] Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91).
- 1640 - Birth of Mariana Alcoforado Portugal, nun.
- 1648 - Catharina Belgian van Nassau daughter of Willem, dies at age 69.
- 1648 - English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed.
- 1658 - Birth of Giuseppe Torelli Italy, composer (Concerti Grossi op 8).
- 1659 - Lord protector Oliver Cromwell disbands English parliament.
- 1662 - John Tradescant traveller/gardener, dies.
- 1662 - Royal Society incorporates.
- 1671 - King Charles II sits in on English parliament.
- 1672 - Georg Stiernhielm Swedish scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at age 73.
- 1674 - Netherlands and Münster sign peace treaty.
- 1676 - Battle of Etna - Netherlands/Spain versus France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded.
- 1677 - Battle at Catania between French and Dutch fleet.
- 1677 - Wenzel E Fürst von Lobkowitz Austria chancellor (16??-74), dies at age 68.
- 1682 - Birth of Willem I Kerricx the Young Flemish architect/sculptor/painter.
- 1690 - Birth of John Carteret Earl Granville (Conservative), English chief minister (1722-42).
- 1692 - Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft.
- 1699 - Hans A baron von Abschatz Silesian poet, dies at age 53.
- 1707 - Birth of Henry Fielding in England; novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones).
- 1722 - Nineteen VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed.
- 1724 - Birth of Immanuel Kant in Konigsberg, Germany; philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason) (dies 1804).
- 1728 - Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus", premieres in Paris France.
- 1766 - Birth of Madame de Stael Swiss-French belle-lettrist (An Extraordinary Woman).
- 1769 - Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress.
- 1773 - Birth of Jean V baron de Rebecque Swiss/Dutch army leader.
- 1775 - Birth of Georg Hermes German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen).
- 1778 - Death of James Hargreaves; inventor (spinning jenny).
- 1793 - President George Washington attends opening of Rickett's, first circus in US.
- 1796 - Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi.
- 1799 - Birth of Jean Poiseuille; physician/physiologist (blood pressure).
- 1809 - Battle at Eckmühl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl.
- 1816 - Birth of Philip James Bailey; English poet (Festus).
- 1817 - Curaçao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight.
- 1818 - Birth of Cadwallader Colden Washburn; US Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1821 - John Crome [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at age 52.
- 1823 - Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London.
- 1823 - Birth of Alfred Gibbs; US Major General (Union Army) (dies 1868).
- 1823 - R J Tyers patents roller skates.
- 1827 - Birth of William Hopkins Morris; Major General (US volunteers) (dies 1900).
- 1831 - Birth of Alexander McDowell McCook; US Major General (Union volunteers).
- 1832 - Birth of Julius Sterling Morton Adams in New York; American politician (Governor-Nebraska), started Arbor Day.
- 1833 - First scheduled commercial bus service by London & Paddington Steam Carriage Company, between Paddington and London, England.
- 1833 - Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at age 62.
- 1853 - Birth of Alphonse Bertillon in France; anthropologist, devised crime ID system.
- 1854 - Birth of Henri-Marie Lafontaine in Belgium; international lawyer (Nobel Prize 1913).
- 1856 - Birth of [Marie] Louise Hens; Flemish actress (Two Orphans).
- 1861 - CSA Colonel Robert E Lee is named commander of Virginia Confederate forces.
- 1864 - Joseph Gilbert Totten, USA General-Major, dies at age 76.
- 1865 - Francis Washburn, USA Colonel/General Major, dies of injuries.
- 1866 - Birth of Hans von Seeckt; German General (Future of the Reich).
- 1870 - Birth of Nikolai Lenin [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov]; Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist.
- 1873 - Birth of Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow in Richmond, Virginia, USA; novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942).
- 1876 - First National League baseball game, 3000 fans, Boston Red Stockings beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 in Philadelphia; Athletics' Wes Fisler scores league's first run.
- 1876 - Birth of O E Rölvaag; Norwegian-American novelist (Giants in the Earth).
- 1876 - Birth of Robert Bárány in Sweden; otologist, vestibular expert (Nobel Prize 1914).
- 1881 - Birth of Alexander Kerensky Simbirsk; Russian Prime Minister (1917).
- 1884 - Birth of John van Capel; oldest man in Netherlands (dies September 3, 1992).
- 1884 - Birth of Otto Rank [Rosenfeld] in Austria; psychoanalysist (Künstler).
- 1884 - US recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State.
- 1889 - Oklahoma land rush officially starts; as many as nine out of ten of these settlers had jumped the gun, earning themselves the name "Sooners".
- 1891 - Birth of Belle Bennett in Milcoon Rapids, Iowa, USA; actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask).
- 1893 - Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo.
- 1893 - Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for third time.
- 1898 - First Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville takes enemy ship.
- 1898 - US President William McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors.
- 1899 - Birth of Martyn Green in London, England; actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, The Iceman Cometh).
- 1899 - E J [Ned] Gregory, cricket player (one Test for Australia), dies.
- 1903 - American Power Boat Association forms.
- 1904 - Birth of Julius Robert Oppenheimer in New York City, New York, USA; physicist, head of Manhattan Project (atomic bomb) (dies 1967).
- 1906 - Birth of Edward Albert Heimberger AKA Eddie Albert in Rock Island, Illinois, USA; actor (Roman Holiday, The Heartbreak Kid, Oliver - Green Acres) (dies 2005).
- 1906 - Birth of Eric William Fenby; composer/president (Delius Society).
- 1906 - (to May 2) The Intercalated Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece.
- 1908 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British premier (1905-08), dies.
- 1909 - Birth of Ralph Byrd in Dayton, Ohio, USA; actor (Dick Tracy TV Show).
- 1912 - Birth of Kathleen Mary in Ferrier, England; contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice).
- 1913 - Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania.
- 1914 - Birth of Charles Hubert Sisson; author/poet (Christopher Homm).
- 1914 - Birth of Jan de Hartog; Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory).
- 1914 - México ends diplomatic relations with US.
- 1915 - First military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany).
- 1915 - Second Battle of Ypres begins.
- 1915 - Birth of Dick Dudley in Tennessee, USA; TV host (Village Barn).
- 1915 - Birth of Lord Airedale; British Lord (Socialist Democrat).
- 1915 - New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for first time.
- 1916 - Birth of Yehudi Menuhin in New York City, New York, USA; violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata).
- 1916 - France battles at Fort Douaumont.
- 1917 - Birth of Yvette Chauviré in France; ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty).
- 1917 - Birth of Sidney Nolan in Australia; painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly).
- 1918 - Birth of Robert Wadlow in Alton, Illinois, USA; world's tallest man (8 feet 11.1 inches).
- 1919 - Protocols for an alliance among France, Great Britain, and the USA are agreed on: Great Britain and USA make guarantees to France in the event of German aggression. The Rhineland is to be under Allied occupation for fifteen years. The document is signed by US President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
- 1919 - Birth of Donald Cram; US biochemist (Nobel Prize 1987).
- 1920 - Birth of Hal March in San Francisco, California, USA; actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage).
- 1920 - Birth of Jos de Haes; Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word).
- 1922 - Birth of Charles Mingus in Arizona, USA; jazz musician ("Pithecanthropus Erectus") (dies 1979).
- 1922 - Birth of Lou Stein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; pianist (Tonight! America After Dark).
- 1922 - Birth of Richard C Diebenkorn Junior; American painter (Ocean Park Paintings).
- 1922 - South Ossetian Autonomous Region is established in Georgian SSR.
- 1923 - Birth of Aaron Spelling in Dallas, Texas, USA; TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels, Melrose Place, Dynasty, The Love Boat, Starsky and Hutch, The Mod Squad) (dies 2006).
- 1923 - Birth of Hugh Lloyd; actor (Punch and Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising).
- 1923 - Birth of Paula Fox; US children's books author (Poor George).
- 1923 - Birth of Peter Bowring; CEO (C T Bowring).
- 1924 - Hague Chambers of Commerce forms, Netherlands.
- 1925 - Birth of Christopher Ball in Oxford, England; warden (Keble College).
- 1925 - Birth of George Cole in London, England; actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers).
- 1926 - Birth of Bob Flannigan in Greencastle, Indiana, USA; singer (Four Freshmen).
- 1926 - Birth of Charlotte Rae in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; actress (Edna - The Facts of Life).
- 1926 - Birth of James Stirling; Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight.
- 1926 - Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security.
- 1929 - Birth of Geoffrey Marshall; Provost (Queen's College, Oxford).
- 1929 - Birth of Michael Atiyah; educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England).
- 1929 - Birth of Robert Wade-Gery; diplomat/executive director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd).
- 1929 - Birth of Victoria Opoku-Ware; Ghanaian queen.
- 1930 - Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist/author/poet (Rugens sange), dies at age 63.
- 1930 - US, Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty to reduce naval forces.
- 1931 - Birth of Henk Gortzak; Dutch Member of Parliament (CPN/PSP).
- 1931 - Birth of Robert Dickson in Canada; ice hockey player (1948).
- 1931 - Birth of Ronald Hynd; British choreographer (English National Ballet).
- 1931 - Birth of Siem Vroom; Dutch actor (The Lift, A Bridge Too Far, Mysteries).
- 1931 - Austria, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the USA recognize the Spanish Republic.
- 1931 - Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty.
- 1932 - Birth of Michael Colgrass in Chicago, Illinois, USA; composer (Best Wishes).
- 1933 - Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address.
- 1933 - Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer, dies.
- 1934 - Birth of John K Barlow; English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire.
- 1934 - Birth of Nico Ladenis; British restauranteur (Nico at 90).
- 1934 - Birth of Viscount Portman; British landowner/multi-millionaire.
- 1935 - Birth of Christopher Ball; linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford).
- 1936 - Birth of Glen Campbell in Delight, Arkansas, USA; actor/singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Galveston", "Wichita Lineman").
- 1937 - Birth of Bobbi Fiedler; American politician (Representative-Republican-California, 1981-).
- 1937 - Birth of David Summerscale; head master (Westminster School, England).
- 1937 - Birth of Jack Nicholson in Neptune, New Jersey, USA; actor (As Good As It Gets, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining).
- 1937 - Birth of Jack Nitzsche; composer/songwriter (An Officer and a Gentleman).
- 1937 - Birth of Ken[neth] Palmer; cricket player (1-190 in only Test for England, now Test umpire).
- 1937 - New York City college students stage fourth annual peace strike.
- 1939 - Birth of Jason Miller in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/writer (Exorcist, Light of Day).
- 1940 - Birth of Peter Goldstein; joint founder (Superdrug).
- 1940 - Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right).
- 1941 - Arthur Briscoe, cricket player (South African batsman in two Tests), dies.
- 1943 - Birth of Mel Carter; singer ("Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me").
- 1943 - Birth of Steve Dunne; cricket player (New Zealand Test umpire on international panel).
- 1943 - German counter-attack in North Tunisia.
- 1943 - British Royal Air Force shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea.
- 1944 - Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea.
- 1945 - Birth of Alan Dukes; Irish President (Fine Gael).
- 1945 - Birth of Gielijn Escher; Dutch postage stamp artist.
- 1945 - Birth of Robert Key; British Member of Parliament/British undersecretary for National Heritage.
- 1945 - Concentration camp at Sachsenhausen liberated.
- 1945 - Käthe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at age 77.
- 1945 - NHL Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3.
- 1946 - Birth of Archy Kirkwood; British Member of Parliament (L-D).
- 1946 - Birth of Dectuplets in Bacacay, Brazil, 8 males and two females.
- 1946 - Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice US Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at age 73.
- 1946 - Lionel Atwill, actor (Captain Blood, Great Waltz), dies at age 61.
- 1946 - Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED) party forms in Soviet Union-occupied part of Germany.
- 1947 - First NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2.
- 1948 - Birth of Carole Drinkwater; actress (Father, All Creatures Great and Small).
- 1949 - Birth of Spencer Haywood in Silver City, Mississippi, USA; NBA star (Seattle Supersonics, New York Knicks, Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1950 - Birth of Lewis Biggs; curator (Tate Gallery - North Liverpool, England).
- 1950 - Birth of Peter Frampton in Kent, England; guitarist/vocalist ("Frampton Comes Alive").
- 1950 - Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at age 54.
- 1951 - Stanley Ridges, actor (Possessed, Sergeant York, Mr Ace), dies at age 59.
- 1951 - Ticker-tape parade for General Douglas MacArthur in New York City, New York, USA.
- 1952 - First atomic explosion on network news, Nob Nevada.
- 1952 - Birth of Steve Bond in Haifa, Israel; actor (Jimmy Lee Holt - General Hospital, To Die For).
- 1954 - Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government.
- 1954 - Birth of Joseph Bottoms in Santa Barbara, California, USA; actor (Surfacing, Blind Date).
- 1954 - NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock and six team-foul rule.
- 1954 - US Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings begin.
- 1954 - USSR joins UNESCO.
- 1955 - Birth of Arthur Baker; rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa - "Planet Rock").
- 1955 - Kansas City Athletic's first game, they beat Detroit Tigers 6-2.
- 1956 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open.
- 1957 - All National League teams integrate, John Irwin Kennedy is first black on Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1957 - Birth of Alan Campbell in Homestead, Florida, USA; actor (EZ - Three's a Crowd).
- 1957 - Birth of Ethel White; Women's Professional Basketball League guard (New York Stars).
- 1957 - Ignatius Roy D Campbell; British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at age 54.
- 1958 - Birth of Ashraf Ali; cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-1980s).
- 1958 - Birth of Ken Olandt; actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun).
- 1958 - Dominica joins the West Indies federation.
- 1959 - Birth of Catherine Mary Stewart in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; actress (Passion and Paradise, Riding the Edge).
- 1959 - Birth of Nicky Le Roux in South Africa; LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta champion-15th).
- 1959 - Birth of Ranjan Madugalle; cricket player (pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams).
- 1959 - Birth of Ryan Stiles in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor/comedian (Lewis - Drew Carey Show, Who's Line Is It Anyway?).
- 1959 - Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in one inning Sox score 11 runs on one hit, ten walks, and three errors.
- 1959 - New York Yankees' player Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Washington Senators 1-0 in 14 innings.
- 1960 - Birth of Lloyd Honeyghan; English welterweight boxing champion (1986).
- 1961 - Birth of Byron Allen in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show).
- 1961 - Birth of Jeff Hostetler; NFL quarterback (New York Giants, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins/1990 Superbowl).
- 1961 - Birth of Jimmy Key in Huntsville, Alabama, USA; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
- 1961 - Maria Radulphus [Adrian Hermus], Curaçao school inspector, dies at age 91.
- 1961 - Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria.
- 1962 - Birth of David Wettlaufer in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; golfer (Ontario Beefeater-1986, 1987).
- 1962 - Birth of Denise Baldwin in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury).
- 1962 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open.
- 1962 - New York Mets tie a National League record by losing 9 straight to start season.
- 1962 - Pittsburgh Pirates tie record of ten straight wins to start season.
- 1962 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2.
- 1962 - Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at age 62.
- 1964 - Birth of Bob McCann; NBA forward (Washington Bullets).
- 1964 - Birth of Chris Makepeace in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis).
- 1964 - The New York World's Fair opens in Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York, held for the 300th anniversary of New York City. US President Lyndon Johnson opens the fair, which covers over 646 acres of land. Theme of the fair is "Peace Through Understanding". Walt Disney's WED company constructed pavilions for: Ford (Magic Skyway), General Electric (Progressland), the state of Illinois (Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln), and Pepsi-Cola / UNICEF (It's a Small World).
- 1966 - Atlanta Braves win their first game, beating New York Mets 8-4.
- 1966 - Birth of Glenn Parker; NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1966 - Birth of Serge Poudrier; hockey defenseman (Team France 1998).
- 1966 - USSR performs underground nuclear test.
- 1967 - Birth of Bart Bowen in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Harvey Williams; NFL running back (Oakland Raiders).
- 1967 - Birth of Mike Buck; NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1967 - Birth of Sheryl Lee in Boulder, Colorado, USA; actress (Twin Peaks, Love Lies and Murder).
- 1967 - Martial Law goes into effect in Greece.
- 1967 - Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at age 62.
- 1968 - Birth of Bimbo Coles; NBA guard (Golden State Warriors).
- 1968 - Birth of Jo Angel; cricket player (big Western Australia right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-).
- 1968 - Birth of Vernell Coles; basketball player (Olympics-bronze-1988).
- 1968 - Birth of Zarley Zalapski in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames).
- 1969 - First human eye transplant performed.
- 1969 - Birth of Bobby Olive; NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1969 - Birth of Craig Logan in Scotland; rock bassist (Brothers Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey).
- 1969 - Birth of George Williams in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, USA; catcher (Oakland Athletics).
- 1969 - Birth of Roger Jones; NFL center (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1969 - Joe Frazier knocks out Dave Zyglewick in 1:36 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1969 - Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312-day non-stop sailing.
- 1970 - First Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources; largest single protest in American history.
- 1970 - Birth of Claus Biedermann; WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire).
- 1970 - Birth of Coleman Bell; NFL tight end (Washington Redskins).
- 1970 - New York Mets' Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put-outs by a catcher.
- 1970 - New York Mets' Tom Seaver consecutively strikes out ten San Diego Padres, for a total of 19.
- 1970 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller signs into law a package of revenue aids for New York City, including off-track betting.
- 1970 - Washington Senators beat New York Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings.
- 1971 - Birth of Ingo Rademacher in the German Federal Republic; actor (Jasper Jacks - General Hospital).
- 1971 - Birth of James Burton; NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears).
- 1971 - Birth of Milos Holan in Bilovec, Czechoslovakia; NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1972 - Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explore the Moon.
- 1972 - Birth of Anna Falchi in Tampera, Finland; actress (La Dolce Vita 1990).
- 1972 - Birth of Sabine Appelmans in Aalst, Belgium; tennis star (Strasbourg doubles final).
- 1973 - Birth of Christopher Sanders; tight end (Washington Redskins).
- 1973 - Birth of Scott Fields; NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1974 - Birth of Adam Parfitt in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Georgia Goettmann; model (Cosmopolitan - May 1995).
- 1974 - Birth of Scott Nemes; actor (Ricky Halsenbach - The Wonder Years, Grant Schumacker - It's Garry Shandling).
- 1975 - Birth of Brian Manning; wide receiver (Miami Dolphins).
- 1975 - Birth of Stijn Haeldermans; Belgian soccer player (MVV).
- 1975 - Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at age 75.
- 1976 - Birth of Milena Mayorga; Miss El Salvador-Universe (1996).
- 1976 - Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation.
- 1977 - Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at age 71.
- 1977 - Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel.
- 1978 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony.
- 1978 - Death of William Auge Geer AKA Will Geer from a respiratory ailment at age 75, American actor (Grandpa - The Waltons) (born 1902).
- 1978 - Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta win the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 for Israel with their song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".
- 1978 - The One Love Peace Concert is held at National Heroes Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley unites two opposing political leaders at this concert, bringing peace to the civil war-ridden streets of the city.
- 1978 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show Maude.
- 1979 - Birth of Daniel Johns; Australian musician (Silverchair).
- 1979 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament.
- 1979 - The Albert Einstein Memorial is unveiled at The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.
- 1980 - Birth of Monica Flammer in Gainesville, Florida; gymnast (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1980 - Death of Jane Froman at age 72 from chronic heart and lung disease; singer ("I Only Have Eyes for You", "I'll Walk Alone", "I Believe", Jane Froman's USA Canteen TV show).
- 1980 - Death of the chemist, Fritz Strassmann in Mainz, Germany; co-discovered nuclear fission in 1938.
- 1980 - Birth of Nicolas Douchez; French football player.
- 1980 - Birth of Aaron Metchnik in Santa Barbara, California; actor (Stephen - Torkelsons).
- 1981 - Almost one million West German metal workers go on strike.
- 1981 - Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at age 76.
- 1981 - Los Angeles Dodgers' rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his third shutout in four starts.
- 1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1981 - 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike.
- 1982 - Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton.
- 1982 - Melville Bell Grosvenor, president of National Geographic Society, dies at age 80.
- 1982 - Birth of Kaká; Brazilian football player (soccer player).
- 1982 - Atlanta Braves lose after winning first 13 games of season.
- 1983 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1983 - New York Rangers 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders win series 4-2.
- 1983 - Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth.
- 1983 - Start of first Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy).
- 1983 - Soviet Embassy official Valery Ivanov is expelled from Australia for allegedly trying to recruit spies in the Australian government.
- 1984 - Ansel Adams, American photographer, dies at age 82 (born 1902).
- 1984 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic.
- 1984 - Birth of Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes).
- 1985 - Birth of Lauri Hendler in Fort Belvoir, Virginia; actress (Julie - Gimme a Break).
- 1985 - Death of Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (born 1900).
- 1986 - Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer, dies (born 1907).
- 1986 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1986 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show Riptide.
- 1987 - Sri Lanka Air Force bombs Tamil rebels; 100s killed.
- 1987 - Birth of Mikel John Obi; Nigerian football player.
- 1988 - Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at age 96.
- 1988 - New Jersey Devils' Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of eight points in a playoff game (hat trick and five assists) in 10-4 rout over the Washington Capitals.
- 1988 - Women are allowed to compete in the Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington, Indiana, for the first time.
- 1989 - Huey Newton, American Black Panther leader, shot dead at age 47.
- 1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson).
- 1989 - Death of Emilio G. Segrè, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905).
- 1990 - Bertil Unger, actor (Devil and Max Devlin), dies.
- 1990 - Lebanon releases US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months.
- 1990 - Death of Albert Salmi at age 62 of suicide after killing his terminally-ill wife in their home in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (The US Steel Hour TV show, Studio 1 TV show, Alcoa Presents TV show, Daniel Boone, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Caddyshack).
- 1991 - In Costa Rica, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurs. Forty-seven people killed, 109 injured, 7,439 homeless and severe damage in the Limon-Pandora area.
- 1991 - Frank Thomas is first Chicago White Sox player to homer at new Comiskey Park.
- 1991 - Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from The Tonight Show.
- 1992 - 6.0 earthquake in California.
- 1992 - Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at age 34.
- 1992 - Fuel that has leaked into a sewer explodes in Guadalajara, Mexico; 215 are killed, 1500 injured.
- 1992 - Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch first Chamber member (CPN), dies.
- 1992 - Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport, California, kills 16 parachutists.
- 1992 - Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies.
- 1993 - Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at age 72.
- 1993 - Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at age 66.
- 1993 - Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, DC.
- 1993 - Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (New York Yankees), dies at age 88.
- 1993 - Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox.
- 1993 - The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.
- 1994 - 7,000 Tutsis slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye, Rwanda.
- 1994 - Børge Ousland reaches North pole.
- 1994 - D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at age 96.
- 1994 - In Denmark, the largest lollipop is made, weighing 3,011 pounds.
- 1994 - Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1994 - Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th US President (1969-74), dies of stroke at age 81 (born 1913).
- 1994 - Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam.
- 1994 - Schmidt Hans Burkhardt, artist, dies at age 89.
- 1995 - General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby.
- 1995 - George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1995 - Maggie Kuhn, activist (Gray Panthers), dies at age 89.
- 1996 - David Shipman, film historian, dies at age 63.
- 1996 - Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer (Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at age 69 (born 1927).
- 1996 - Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies.
- 1997 - Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria; 93 villagers killed.
- 1997 - A 126-day hostage crisis at the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, Peru ends after government commandos storm and capture the building, rescuing 71 hostages. One hostage dies of a heart attack, two soldiers are killed from rebel fire, and all 14 Tupac Amaru rebels are slain.
- 1997 - France supports the new transitional government in Zaire, withdrawing its support of Mobutu Sese Seko.
- 1997 - Death of Baroness Seear, President of the United Kingdom Liberal Party (born 1913).
- 1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens to the public at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
- 2000 - The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom, to allow more telephone numbers.
- 2000 - Brazil issues its first polymer bank notes.
- 2000 - Actor Renato Di Paolo accidentally hangs himself and dies playing Judas in Camerata Nuova, near Rome, Italy.
- 2002 - At a special session of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Director-General Jose Bustani is fired.
- 2002 - Death of Linda Boreman AKA Linda Lovelace; actress (Deep Throat) (born 1949).
- 2003 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Opteron processor, with 32-bit and 64-bit instruction operation, without requiring 32-bit code to be re-compiled.
- 2003 - Death of Felice Bryant at age 77; songwriter ("All I Have To Do Is Dream", "Bye Bye Love", "Wake Up Little Susie", "Raining In My Heart").
- 2004 - Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing 161 people, injuring 1,300 and destroying thousands of homes.
- 2004 - The last coal mine in France closes, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining.
- 2004 - Death of Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in Iraq) (born 1976).
- 2006 - Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometres north of Kandahar, Afghanistan by a roadside bomb - the worst one-day combat loss for the Canadian army since the Korean War.
- 2006 - Jalal Talabani re-elected for a second term as President of Iraq.
- 2007 - The first round of the French presidential election of 2007 takes place.
- 2007 - Death of Juanita Millender-McDonald, American politician (born 1938).
- 2008 - The euro peaks at US$1.60.
- 2008 - John Smoltz of the Atlanta Braves becomes the 16th Major League Baseball pitcher to record 3000 career strikeouts.
- 2008 - Surgeons at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital perform the first operations using bionic eyes, implanting them into two blind patients.
- 2008 - In general and provincial elections in South Africa, winner is Jacob Zuma of the African National Congress party with 66 percent of votes.
- 2009 - General and provincial elections are held in South Africa. The African National Congress wins 267 of 400 seats, the Congress of the People wins 28, and the Democratic Alliance wins 67.
- 2010 - The Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast sinks into the Gulf of Mexico two days after an explosion tore through it.
- 2010 - Death of former International Olympic Committee president (1980-2001) Juan Antonio Samaranch, of heart problems at age 89 in Barcelona, Spain.
- 2011 - Japanese officials increase the Fukushima nuclear reactor evacuation zone to a 31-mile radius.
- 2017 - Death of Michele Scarponi, Italian racing cyclist (born 1979).
- 2020 - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deploys the country's first military satellite, using a new satellite carrier called "Ghased" ("Messenger").
- 2021 - World leaders mark Earth Day by hosting a virtual summit on climate change, during which more ambitious targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions are proposed, including a 40% cut by 2030 for the United States.
- 2023 - Death of Len Goodman at age 78 of a stroke following bone cancer; ballroom dancer (four time winner of British Exhibition Championships), TV show judge (Strictly Come Dancing TV show, Dancing with the Stars TV show (29 seasons)).
- 2023 - Death of Barry Humphries at age 89 in hospital from complications of hip surgery; Australian actor (Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson).
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