Tukuk-OS📅 April 22
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 22? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2022 — American climate activist Wynn Bruce set himself on fire outside the United States Supreme Court Building in an apparent protest against the climate crisis.
Self-immolation of Wynn BruceUnited States Supreme Court BuildingClimate crisis
- 2020 — A truck struck and killed four Victoria Police officers on the Eastern Freeway, Australia, the force's deadliest single incident.
2020 Eastern Freeway truck crashVictoria PoliceEastern Freeway (Melbourne)
- 2016 — The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties.
Paris AgreementClimate changeList of parties to the Paris Agreement
- 2013 — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested two men who were plotting to commit terrorist attacks against Via Rail operations.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police2013 Via Rail Canada terrorism plotVia Rail
- 2004 — Flammable cargo exploded at a railway station in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than a thousand others.
- 2000 — In a pre-dawn raid, U.S. federal agents seized six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and returned him to his Cuban father.
- 1993 — Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager, was murdered while waiting for a bus in Eltham, London, leading to cultural changes of attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice.
- 1951 — Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the Battle of Kapyong.
- 1948 — Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: The Jewish paramilitary group Haganah captured Haifa from the Arab Liberation Army.
1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory PalestineParamilitaryHaganah
- 1945 — About 600 prisoners of the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia revolted, but only 80 managed to escape while the remainder were killed by the Ustaše regime.
Jasenovac concentration campIndependent State of CroatiaUstaše
- 1918 — The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian Empire.
- 1885 — The first meeting of the Colonial Defence Committee, a standing committee of the British Colonial Office, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados.
- 1864 — U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece (pictured), the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust".
Coinage Act of 1864Two-cent piece (United States)In God We Trust
- 1622 — Anglo-Persian forces combined to capture the Portuguese garrison at Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf.
- 1500 — A fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral (pictured) anchored off present-day Brazil; he later claimed the land for the Portuguese Empire.
- 1073 — Gregory VII was elected pope following the death of Alexander II.
Births
- 2011 — Violet McGraw, American actress
- 1997 — Grant Fisher, American runner
- 1994 — Chandler Stephenson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 — Adam Lanza, American mass murderer (died 2012)
- 1991 — Danni Wyatt, English cricketer
- 1990 — Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor
- 1990 — Kevin Kiermaier, American baseball player
- 1990 — Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler
- 1988 — Dee Strange-Gordon, American baseball player
- 1987 — David Luiz, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 — Amber Heard, American actress
- 1986 — Marshawn Lynch, American football player
Deaths
- 2023 — Len Goodman, English ballroom dancer and television personality (born 1944)
- 2022 — Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951)
- 2021 — Adrian Garrett, American professional baseball player (born 1943)
- 2020 — Shirley Knight, American actress (born 1936)
- 2017 — Donna Leanne Williams, Australian writer, artist, and activist (born 1963)
- 2015 — Dick Balharry, Scottish environmentalist and photographer (born 1937)
- 2014 — Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (born 1926)
- 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)
- 2012 — George Rathmann, American chemist, biologist, and businessman (born 1927)
- 2010 — Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (born 1943)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Arwald
- Christian feast day: Epipodius and Alexander
- Christian feast day: Hudson Stuck (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: John Muir (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Opportuna of Montreuil
- Christian feast day: Pope Caius
- Christian feast day: Pope Soter
- Christian feast day: St Senorina
- Christian feast day: Theodore of Sykeon
- Christian feast day: April 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Discovery Day (Brazil)
- Earth Day (International observance) and its related observance: International Mother Earth Day
- Holocaust Remembrance Day (Serbia)
- From 2018 onwards, a national day of commemoration for the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence (United Kingdom)
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