April 22
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April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 253 days remain until the end of the year.
- 1906 – The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens.[7]
- 1915 – World 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.
- 1930 – The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
- 1944 – 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.
- 1944 – World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
- 1944 – World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.[8]
- 1945 – World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.
- 1945 – World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army.[9]
- 1948 – Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
- 1951 – Korean 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.
- 1954 – Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
- 1966 – American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83.[10]
- 1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
- 1969 – The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
- 1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.[11]
- 1970 – Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park.[12]
- 1974 – Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board.[13]
- 1977 – Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
- 1992 – A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206.[14]
- 1993 – Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.[15]
- 2005 – Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
- 2016 – The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
- 2020 – Four 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.[16]
- 2025 – At 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.[17][18]
- 1610 – Pope Alexander VIII (died 1691)
- 1658 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1709)
- 1690 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1763)
- 1707 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (died 1754)
- 1711 – Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier (died 1762)
- 1724 – Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (died 1804)
- 1732 – John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (died 1814)
- 1744 – James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1808)
- 1766 – Germaine de Staël, French author and political philosopher (died 1817)
- 1812 – Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-English orientalist (died 1894)
- 1816 – Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (died 1897)
- 1830 – Emily Davies, British suffragist and educator, co-founder and an early Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University (died 1921)[19][20]
- 1832 – Julius Sterling Morton, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 1902)
- 1844 – Lewis Powell, American soldier, attempted assassin of William H. Seward (died 1865)
- 1852 – William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (died 1912)
- 1854 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1943)
- 1858 – Ethel Smyth, English composer (died 1944)[21]
- 1858 – Fritz Mayer van den Bergh, Belgian art collector and art historian (died 1901)[22]
- 1870 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (died 1924)
- 1872 – Princess Margaret of Prussia (died 1954)
- 1873 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (died 1945)
- 1874 – Wu Peifu, Chinese warlord, politician, and marshal of the Beiyang Army (died 1939)[23]
- 1876 – Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
- 1876 – Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman (died 1920)
- 1879 – Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (died 1939)
- 1884 – Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic (died 1939)
- 1886 – Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat (died 1958)
- 1887 – Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (died 1951)[24]
- 1889 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer (died 1945)
- 1891 – Laura Gilpin, American photographer (died 1979)
- 1891 – Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (died 1965)
- 1891 – Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (died 1989)
- 1891 – Nicola Sacco, Italian-American anarchist (died 1927)
- 1892 – Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist (died 1965)
- 1899 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (died 1977)
- 1900 – Nellie Beer, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (died 1988)[25]
- 1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (died 1967)
- 1905 – Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (died 1991)
- 1906 – Eric Fenby, English composer and educator (died 1997)
- 1906 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (died 1947)
- 1909 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
- 1909 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (died 2001)
- 1909 – Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 2000)
- 1910 – Norman Steenrod, American mathematician and academic (died 1971)
- 1912 – Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (died 1953)
- 1912 – Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
- 1914 – Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer (died 2008)
- 1914 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (died 2002)
- 1914 – José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (died 1941)
- 1914 – Michael Wittmann, German SS officer (died 1944)
- 1916 – Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (died 2013)
- 1916 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (died 1999)
- 1917 – Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (died 2016)
- 1917 – Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (died 1992)
- 1918 – William Jay Smith, American poet and academic (died 2015)
- 1918 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (died 2008)
- 1919 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)
- 1919 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (died 2011)
- 1922 – Richard Diebenkorn, American soldier and painter (died 1993)
- 1922 – Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 1979)
- 1922 – Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist and academic (died 1973)
- 1923 – Peter Kane Dufault, American soldier, pilot, and poet (died 2013)
- 1923 – Bettie Page, American model and actress (died 2008)
- 1923 – Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
- 1924 – Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (died 2013)
- 1926 – Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (died 2018)
- 1926 – James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (died 1992)
- 1927 – Laurel Aitken, Cuban-Jamaican singer (died 2005)
- 1928 – Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (died 2022)[26]
- 1929 – Michael Atiyah, English-Lebanese mathematician and academic (died 2019)
- 1929 – Robert Wade-Gery, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to India (died 2015)
- 1930 – Enno Penno, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 2016)
- 1931 – John Buchanan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 2019)
- 1931 – Ronald Hynd, English dancer and choreographer
- 1933 – Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (died 2013)
- 1935 – Christopher Ball, English linguist and academic
- 1935 – Paul Chambers, African-American bassist and composer (died 1969)
- 1935 – Bhama Srinivasan, Indian-American mathematician and academic
- 1936 – Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2017)
- 1936 – Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (died 1998)
- 1937 – Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer
- 1937 – Jack Nitzsche, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (died 2000)
- 1938 – Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (died 2015)
- 1938 – Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (died 2009)
- 1938 – Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (died 2022)
- 1938 – Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
- 1939 – Mel Carter, American singer and actor
- 1939 – John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
- 1939 – Ray Guy, Canadian journalist and author (died 2013)
- 1939 – Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (died 2001)
- 1939 – Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance
- 1941 – Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising, English politician
- 1942 – Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher and academic
- 1942 – Mary Prior, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
- 1943 – Keith Crisco, American businessman and politician (died 2014)
- 1943 – Janet Evanovich, American author
- 1943 – Louise Glück, American poet (died 2023)
- 1943 – John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (died 2012)
- 1943 – Scott W. Williams, American mathematician and professor
- 1944 – Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor (died 2007)
- 1944 – Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
- 1944 – Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist
- 1945 – Eddy Baldewijns, Belgian politician[27]
- 1945 – Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd Governor of West Bengal
- 1945 – Demetrio Stratos, Greek-Egyptian singer-songwriter (died 1979)
- 1946 – Steven L. Bennett, American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1972)
- 1946 – Paul Davies, English physicist and author
- 1946 – Louise Harel, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1946 – Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1946 – Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, English economist and academic
- 1946 – John Waters, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1948 – John Pritchard, English bishop
- 1949 – Spencer Haywood, American basketball player[28]
- 1950 – Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1950 – Jancis Robinson, English journalist and critic
- 1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director (died 2025)[29]
- 1951 – Aivars Kalējs, Latvian organist, composer, and pianist
- 1951 – Ana María Shua, Argentinian author and poet
- 1952 – Marilyn Chambers, American actress[30]
- 1957 – Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1959 – Terry Francona, American baseball player and manager[31]
- 1959 – Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and comedian[32]
- 1960 – Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1961 – Jeff Hostetler, American football player[33]
- 1961 – Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (died 1996)
- 1962 – Jeff Minter, British video game designer and programmer[34]
- 1962 – Danièle Sauvageau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1963 – Rosalind Gill, English sociologist and academic
- 1963 – Sean Lock, English comedian and actor (died 2021)[35]
- 1966 – Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager
- 1966 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor[36]
- 1967 – David J. C. MacKay, English physicist, engineer, and academic (died 2016)
- 1967 – Sherri Shepherd, American actress, comedian, and television personality[37]
- 1970 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress[38]
- 1976 – Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1978 – Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan runner and coach
- 1979 – Zoltán Gera, Hungarian international footballer and manager[39]
- 1979 – Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 – Quincy Timberlake, Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician
- 1982 – Kaká, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Sam W. Heads, English-American entomologist and palaeontologist
- 1983 – Shkëlzen Shala, Albanian entrepreneur and veganism activist
- 1986 – Amber Heard, American actress[40]
- 1986 – Marshawn Lynch, American football player[41]
- 1987 – David Luiz, Brazilian footballer[42]
- 1988 – Dee Strange-Gordon, American baseball player[43]
- 1990 – Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor[44]
- 1990 – Kevin Kiermaier, American baseball player[45]
- 1990 – Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler[46]
- 1991 – Danni Wyatt, English cricketer[47][48]
- 1992 – Adam Lanza, American mass murderer (died 2012)[49]
- 2011 – Violet McGraw, American actress[50]
- 1616 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1547)
- 1672 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish linguist and poet (born 1598)
- 1699 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (born 1646)
- 1758 – Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (born 1686)
- 1778 – James Hargreaves, British inventor (born 1720)
- 1806 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (born 1763)
- 1821 – Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (born 1746)
- 1833 – Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (born 1771)
- 1850 – Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (born 1798)
- 1854 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (born 1786)
- 1871 – Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1806)[53]
- 1877 – James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (born 1807)
- 1892 – Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (born 1823)
- 1893 – Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (born 1825)
- 1894 – Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (born 1868)
- 1896 – Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (born 1812)
- 1908 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1836)
- 1925 – André Caplet, French composer and conductor (born 1878)
- 1929 – Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (born 1848)
- 1932 – Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (born 1883)
- 1933 – Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1863)
- 1945 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (born 1900)
- 1945 – Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (born 1867)
- 1950 – Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (born 1895)
- 1951 – Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (born 1870)
- 1978 – Will Geer, American actor (born 1902)
- 1980 – Jane Froman, American actress and singer (born 1907)
- 1980 – Fritz Strassmann, German chemist and physicist (born 1902)
- 1983 – Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (born 1903)
- 1984 – Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (born 1902)
- 1985 – Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and academic (born 1900)
- 1985 – Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (born 1921)
- 1986 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian and author (born 1907)
- 1987 – Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (born 1905)
- 1988 – Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer and academic (born 1917)
- 1988 – Irene Rich, American actress (born 1891)
- 1989 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
- 1990 – Albert Salmi, American actor (born 1928)
- 1994 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (born 1913)
- 1995 – Jane Kenyon, American poet and author (born 1947)
- 1996 – Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (born 1927)
- 1996 – Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (born 1908)
- 1999 – Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear engineer (born 1926)
- 2003 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter (born 1925)
- 2005 – Erika Fuchs, German translator (born 1906)[54]
- 2005 – Philip Morrison, American physicist and academic (born 1915)
- 2005 – Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and artist (born 1924)
- 2006 – Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (born 1919)
- 2006 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (born 1921)
- 2007 – Juanita Millender-McDonald, American educator and politician (born 1938)
- 2009 – Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer, director and photographer (born 1914)
- 2010 – Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (born 1943)
- 2012 – George Rathmann, American chemist, biologist, and businessman (born 1927)
- 2013 – Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
- 2013 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (born 1930)
- 2013 – Robert Suderburg, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936)
- 2014 – Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (born 1926)
- 2015 – Dick Balharry, Scottish environmentalist and photographer (born 1937)
- 2017 – Donna Leanne Williams, Australian writer, artist, and activist (born 1963)
- 2020 – Shirley Knight, American actress (born 1936)[55]
- 2021 – Adrian Garrett, American professional baseball player (born 1943)[56]
- 2022 – Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951)[57]
- 2023 – Len Goodman, English ballroom dancer and television personality (born 1944)[58]
Holidays and observances
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