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What happened in history on this day: April 22?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On April 22 in ...
- 1999 - In the US, Connectix ceases shipping its Virtual Game Station software for the Apple Macintosh computer, complying with a federal court order. Sony filed a trademark and patent infringement lawsuit against the company in January. The software allows Sony PlayStation games to be played on Apple computers.
- 2000 - South Korea issues a 170-won postage stamp depicting a CD-ROM and a computer mouse.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. In the year 3000, a clown makes a joke about Windows 3000 being used as a prison guard because it always locks up.
- 2002 - Compaq Computer announces it has sold 2 million iPaq computers in the two years it has been selling them.
- 2003 - Apple Computer releases updated iBook computers. They feature 800 or 900 MHz G3 processor, 12.1- or 14.1-inch LCD screen, 30 or 40 GB hard drive.
- 2003 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Opteron processor. It features 32-bit and 64-bit instruction operation, without requiring 32-bit code to be re-written.
- 2003 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon XP 2500+ processor. Price is US$124 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A laptop computer with mouse and scroll wheel is used in a house to access the Internet. The Web browser indicates this is an Apple computer. An online game is played, "Earthland Realms". Another desktop computer is used to play the online game.
- 1964 - The New York World's Fair opens, for the 300th birthday of New York City. 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).
- 1987 - The NBC TV network airs the pilot Our Planet Tonight.
- 1990 - The Minnie's Surprise Birthday Party show in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World closes.
- 1990 - The Mickey's Birthdayland area in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World closes.
- 1991 - Grenada Grenadines issues eleven postage stamps depicting various Disney characters and ecology themes.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film The Inkwell to theaters.
- 1995 - The Empress Lilly riverboat closes in Walt Disney World. Three restaurants on the ship close: Steerman's Quarters, Fisherman's Deck, and the Empress Room.
- 1997 - Hollywood Pictures Home Video releases the film The Rich Man's Wife on videocassette.
- 1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens to the public at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
- 1998 - The Creature Comforts shop opens on Discovery Island in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1998 - Chester & Hester's Dinosaur Treasures shop opens in DinoLand U.S.A. in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1998 - The Boneyard playground opens in DinoLand U.S.A in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1998 - The Beastly Bazaar shop opens on Discovery Island in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1998 - The Countdown to Extinction attraction opens in DinoLand U.S.A. in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1998 - The Walt Disney Company's board of directors approves a 3-for-1 split of the company's common stock.
- 1998 - Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida opens at the Disney-MGM Studios.
- 1998 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA.
- An announcer on TV says "...so I guess we'll be going to our feature movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?".
- A scene of a group of people trapped by snow, forced to cannibalize three of themselves is a reference to the 1993 Disney film Alive.
- 2009 - Disney's Nature film division releases the film Earth in theaters in the US and Canada.
- 2010 - Disney releases the Disneynature film Oceans in theaters.
- 2011 - The Disneynature documentary film African Cats is released to theaters in the USA.
- 2015 - Disney releases the Marvel Studios film Avengers: Age of Ultron to theaters in Belgium and France.
- 2022 - Disney releases documentary film Polar Bear.
- 1956 - At the Pebble Beach raceway in Monterey, California, the first race of the SCCA season is held. Chevrolet's advertising agency, Campbell Ewald, enters 1956 Aztec Copper Corvette #46 prepared for racing by Chevrolet. Richard Thompson leads most of the race with the car, but the brakes completely fail with two laps to go. A Mercedes 300SL passes to win; Thompson finishes in second place overall, first in class.
- 2000 - At the Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona, the Sun Automotive 200 at Pt Phoenix race is held, round three of the Grand-Am Motorola Cup series.
- Finishing 2nd in SGS class and 2nd overall is the Phoenix American Motorsports #37 Corvette, driven by John Heinricy and Stu Hayner.
- Finishing 3rd in SGS class and 3rd overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- Finishing 4th in SGS class and 4th overall is the KAC Technologies #08 Corvette, driven by Randy Pobst and Andy Pilgrim.
- Finishing 7th in SGS class and 9th overall is the Planet Earth Motorsports #43 Corvette, driven by Joe Nonnamaker and Bill Pete.
- Finishing 8th in SGS class and 17th overall is the MTI Racing #98 Corvette, driven by Marty Miller and Reese Cox.
- Finishing 11th in SGS class and 28th overall is the Team Naykid Racing #94 Corvette, driven by Scotty White and Bill Deters.
- Finishing 12th in SGS class and 29th overall is the First Racing #22 Corvette, driven by Michael Culver and Mike Fitzgerald.
- Finishing 13th in SGS class and 31st overall is the Powell Motorsports #30 Corvette, driven by Peter Tonelli, Craig Conway, and Devon Powell.
- 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.
- 1941 - Mainland Greece surrenders to Germany.
- 1943 - In Tunisia, the British 1st Army near Medez el Bab attacks the Germany 334th Division.
- 1944 - In the mid-Atlantic, Royal Canadian Navy frigates Matane and Swansea destroy German submarine U-311.
- 1945 - Allied forces capture Toungoo, Burma.
- 1945 - 767 British bombers make a heavy attack on Bremen, Germany.
- 1961 - France issues four postage stamps honoring heores of the French Underground during the war.
- 1975 - The USSR issues seven postage stamps marking the 30th anniversary of victory in World War II.
- 2005 - Ukraine issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1982 - The Quaker Oats Company announces it has acquired the home video game assets of U.S. Games Corporation.
- 1999 - In the US, Connectix ceases shipping its Virtual Game Station software for the Apple Macintosh computer, complying with a federal court order. Sony filed a trademark and patent infringement lawsuit against the company in January. The software allows Sony PlayStation games to be played on Apple computers.
- 2002 - Nintendo announces that the launch price for the GameCube in the United Kingdom will be 129 pounds.
- 2007 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version video games for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2008 - Square Enix releases The World Ends With You video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 1808 - A Russian force of 2,000 men under Admiral Bodisko land on the southeast coast of Gotland, at Sles near Grötlingbo. Residents decide to allow their march into Visby, treating the force more as guests than invaders.
- 1906 - (to May 2) The Intercalated Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece. Sweden wins 2 gold, 5 silver, and 7 bronze medals.
- 1985 - In New York, Christie's holds an auction of part of the Norweb collection. A 1921 50-cent coin in EF grade sells for $17,600. A 1911-12 8-coin Specimen set in case sells for $33,000.
- 1993 - Member of Parliament Bob Kaplan introduces a private member's bill in the House of Commons that seeks to abolish the 1c coin.
- 1837 - Philadelphia Mint ships equipment to Dahlonega Mint.
- 1864 - US Congress approves switching the 1-cent coin from copper-nickel to French bronze (95 percent copper, 5 percent tin and zinc), weighing 48 grains. Also authorized is a 2-cent coin of the same composition and twice the weight. Legal tender amount of the 1-cent coin is limited to 10 cents, and the 2-cent piece to 20 cents. This is the first time minor coins are given legal tender status. Production and circulation of tokens of those denominations is banned.
- 1823 - R J Tyers patents roller skates.
- 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.
- 1898 - Baltimore Orioles' pitcher James Hughes no-hits Boston Beaneaters 8-0.
- 1898 - Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
- 1906 - New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all US Major League Baseball game balls.
- 1906 - (to May 2) The Intercalated Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece.
- 1908 - Queensland beats New South Wales by 171 runs for their first cricket win at Gabba.
- 1915 - New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for first time.
- 1945 - NHL Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3.
- 1947 - First NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2.
- 1954 - NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock and six team-foul rule.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1966 - Atlanta Braves win their first game, beating New York Mets 8-4.
- 1969 - Joe Frazier knocks out Dave Zyglewick in 1:36 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 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 - Washington Senators beat New York Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings.
- 1978 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony.
- 1979 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament.
- 1981 - Los Angeles Dodgers' rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his third shutout in four starts.
- 1982 - Atlanta Braves lose after winning first 13 games of season.
- 1983 - New York Rangers 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders win series 4-2.
- 1983 - Start of first Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy).
- 1984 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic.
- 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 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson).
- 1991 - Frank Thomas is first Chicago White Sox player to homer at new Comiskey Park.
- 1993 - Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox.
- 1994 - Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
- 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.
- 2008 - John Smoltz of the Atlanta Braves becomes the 16th Major League Baseball pitcher to record 3000 career strikeouts.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Oakland Athletics by score 8-1.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Diego Padres by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Kansas City Royals by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Los Angeles Angels by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Houston Astros by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Chicago White Sox by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Chicago Cubs by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Miami Marlins by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Washington Nationals by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Cleveland Guardians by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Cincinnati Reds by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Arizona Coyotes by score 2-0.
- 2022 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Colorado Avalanche by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Seattle Kraken by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Ottawa Senators beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 2-1.
- 1056 - Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye.
- 1145 - 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1972 - Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explore the Moon.
- 1982 - Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton.
- 1983 - Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth.
- 2020 - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deploys the country's first military satellite, using a new satellite carrier called "Ghased" ("Messenger").
- 1793 - President George Washington attends opening of Rickett's, first circus in US.
- 1864 - US Congress approves switching the 1-cent coin from copper-nickel to French bronze (95 percent copper, 5 percent tin and zinc), weighing 48 grains. Also authorized is a 2-cent coin of the same composition and twice the weight. Legal tender amount of the 1-cent coin is limited to 10 cents, and the 2-cent piece to 20 cents. Production and circulation of tokens of those denominations is banned.
- 1864 - Joseph Gilbert Totten, USA General-Major, dies at age 76.
- 1865 - Francis Washburn, USA Colonel/General Major, dies of injuries.
- 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".
- 1898 - First Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville takes enemy ship.
- 1898 - US Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry.
- 1898 - US President William McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors.
- 1903 - American Power Boat Association forms.
- 1914 - México ends diplomatic relations with US.
- 1930 - US, Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty to reduce naval forces.
- 1931 - Austria, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the USA recognize the Spanish Republic.
- 1937 - New York City college students stage fourth annual peace strike.
- 1940 - Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right).
- 1951 - Ticker-tape parade for General Douglas MacArthur in New York City, New York, USA.
- 1952 - First atomic explosion on network news, Nob Nevada.
- 1954 - US Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings begin.
- 1955 - US Congress orders all US coins to bear motto "In God We Trust".
- 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).
- 1970 - First Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources; largest single protest in American history.
- 1970 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller signs into law a package of revenue aids for New York City, including off-track betting.
- 1972 - Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explore the Moon.
- 1979 - The Albert Einstein Memorial is unveiled at The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.
- 1986 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 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 - Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens.
- 1992 - 6.0 earthquake in California.
- 1992 - Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at age 34.
- 1992 - Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport, California, kills 16 parachutists.
- 1993 - Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, DC.
- 1993 - The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.
- 1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens to the public at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
- 2010 - The Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast sinks into the Gulf of Mexico two days after an explosion tore through it.
- 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.
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