April 22nd
Holidays and Festivals
Earth Day * (see below)
Discovery Day (Brazil)
April Showers Day
Chemists Celebrate The Earth Day
Girl Scout Leader Day
National Jelly Bean Day
Christian Feast Day of Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Catholic Church)
Christian Feast Day of Epipodius and Alexander
* Earth Day Celebrated in many countries as a day to cherish nature. In 1970, on April 22 Earth has its first official birthday celebration in the United States. More than 20 million people marched, demonstrated, and attend teach-ins on environmental topics.
Fête de la Fougère Translation: Fern Day (French Republican) The Third day of the Month of Floréal in the French Republican CalendarToast of The Day
"The devil invented Whiskey so the Irish couldn't take over the World."
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
Pink Elephant
Flor De Caña Silver
John Taylor's Velvet Falernum
Guava
Mint
Lemon Juice
Muddle the guava, add the ingredients and shake. Fine-strain into a collins glass and top with sparkling rose. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
Wine of The Day
Molino Viejo 2009 Chardonnay
Style - Chardonnay
Lontue Valley
$10
Beer of The Day
Polygamy Porter
Brewer - Utah Brewers Co-Op, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Style - Session Beer
Joke of The Day
A guy walks into a bar with a dog under his arm, puts the dog on the bar and announces that the dog can talk and that he has $100 he's willing to bet anyone who says he can't. The bartender quickly takes the bet and the owner looks at the dog and asks, "What's the thing on top of this building which keeps the rain from coming inside?" The dog barks. His owner says “see he said ROOF." The bartender says, "Who are you kidding? I'm not paying." The dogs owner says, "How about double or nothing and I'll ask him something else". The bartender agrees and the owner turns to the dog and asks, "Who was the greatest ballplayer of all time". The dog barks again. The owner says “see he said RUTH." With that the bartender picks them both up and throws them out the door. As they bounce on the sidewalk the dog looks at his owner and says "DiMaggio?".
Quote of The Day
"When you're drunk the floor is your best friend...
because it's always there for you."
- Unknown
Whiskey of The Day
$55
April Observances
ASPCA Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Amateur Radio Month
Atlanta Food & Wine Month
Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month
Cancer Control Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Community Spirit Days
Confederate History Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month
DNA, Genomics and Stem Cell Education and Awareness Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Facial Protection Month
Fair Housing Month
Financial Literacy Month
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Frog Month
Get Yourself Tested Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Grange Month
Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Honor Society Awareness Month (Different Sponsor to March)
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month
Informed Woman Month
Injury Prevention Month
International Cesarean Awareness Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Daffynitions Month
International Guitar Month
International Twit Award Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Lawn and Garden Month
Learn Thai Month
Library Snapshot Month
Math Awareness Month
Month of the Military Child
Month of the Young Child
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Car Care Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month
National Decorating Month
National Donate Life Month
National Garden Month
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
National Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Oral Health Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pecan Month
National Pest Management Month
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
National Pet Month
National Poetry Month
National Prepare Your Home To Be Sold Month
National Rebuilding Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Education and Awareness Month
National Stress Awareness Month
National Welding Month
National Welding Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Patient Safety Awareness Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Procrastination Awareness Month
Records and Information Management Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Southern Belles Month
Soy Foods Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Straw Hat Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month
Observances this Week
National Karaoke Week, Fourth Week in AprilNational Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, Fourth Work Week in April
International Whistlers Week (IWC), Third or Fourth week of April
Cleaning For A Reason Week, April 18th-24th
Consumer Awareness Week, April 18th-23rd
Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week, April 18th-23rd
National Park Week, 9 Days Starting with the Third Saturday of April
Money Smart Week (Federal Reserve), Third Saturday through Fourth Saturday of April
Safe Kids Week, Third Saturday through Fourth Saturday of April
Undergraduate Research Week, Third Work Week of April
National Crime Victims Rights Week, Second Full week of April plus 3 days
Historical Events on April 22nd
296 St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
536 St 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
1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris
1500 Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
1509 Henry VIII ascended to throne of England
1521 French king Francois I declares war on Spain
1526 1st slave revolt occurs in SC
1529 Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
1648 English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed
1659 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
1671 King Charles II sits in on English parliament
1674 Netherlands & Munster sign peace treaty
1676 Battle of Etna Neth/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded
1677 Battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet
1692 Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
1722 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
1728 Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris
1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
1793 Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
1796 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
1804 Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola
1809 The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl sees the Austrian army defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube at Regensburg.
1817 Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight
1823 Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London
1823 R J Tyers patents roller skates
1836 Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1838 English steamship "Sirius" docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing
1861 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces
1863 American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
1864 US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust"). The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1876 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Phila Athletics 6-5, Phila Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run
1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
1884 Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos)
1884 US recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started. At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
1893 Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo
1893 Paul Kruger elected president of Transvaal for 3rd time
1897 NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active)
1898 1st Spanish-American War action, USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
1898 Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0
1898 Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0
1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry
1898 The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship, Spanish-American War.
1898 US President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors
1903 American Power Boat Association forms
1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950
1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam
1906 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece
1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
1908 Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
1912 Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
1914 Mexico ends diplomatic relations with US
1915 NY Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins, The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon by Germany in the Second Battle of Ypres.
1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont
1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR
1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms
1926 Persia, Turkey & Afghanistan sign treaties of security
1927 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E
1930 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
1931 Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty
1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address
1937 NYC college students stage 4th annual peace strike
1940 Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)
1943 German counter attack in North-Tunisia
1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea
1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea
1944 Hitler & Benito Mussolini meet at Salzburg
1944 Operation Persecution is initiated Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea, World War II.
1945 Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
1945 Stanley Cup, Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
1945 After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground Fuehrerbunker and states that suicide is his only recourse, World War II.
1945 Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape, World War II.
1946 SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms
1947 1st NBA Championship, Phila Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2
1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in NYC
1952 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada
1952 Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in NYC
1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government
1954 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule
1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began
1954 USSR joins UNESCO
1955 Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
1955 KC Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2
1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
1959 Chicago White Sox beat KC Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, & 3 errors
1959 Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings
1961 Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria
1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open
1962 NY Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season
1962 Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
1962 Stanley Cup, Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar form republic Tanzania
1964 The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season in Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, NY.
1966 Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating NY Mets 8-4
1966 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
1969 1st human eye transplant performed
1969 British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world, ends 312 day non-stop sailing.
1969 Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1970 Flat Earth celebrated
1970 NY Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher
1970 NY Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
1970 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
1971 Soyuz 10 launched
1972 Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on Moon
1972 Increased American bombing in Vietnam during the Vietnam War prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead
1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor
1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony
1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament
1979 Mick Jaggar & Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada
1979 The Albert Einstein Memorial is unveiled at The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.
1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
1981 Largest US bank robbery (Tucson Ariz), more than $3.3 million stolen
1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma & Fullerton [03/23]
1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2
1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
1983 The German magazine Der Stern announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (The Hitler Diaries) had been found in wreckage in East Germany, the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
1984 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1986 Consumer Price Index drops .04% for 2nd month in a row
1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1988 NJ Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals
1988 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
1989 "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 12 perfs
1990 "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances
1990 Lebanon release US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months
1991 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica & Panama, kills 95
1991 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
1991 Intel releases 486SX chip
1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show
1991 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn & Queens
1991 The Social Democratic Party of Albania is founded.
1992 "High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
1992 6.0 earthquake in California
1992 In an Gas explosion in a sewer in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
1992 Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists
1993 "Who's Tommy" opens at St James Theater NYC for 899 performances
1993 Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78
1993 Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Wash DC
1993 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
1993 Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte
1993 The Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
1993 Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.
1994 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda
1994 Borge Ousland reaches North pole
1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500
1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made
1994 Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam
1995 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby
1995 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1997 Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria 93 villagers killed.
1997 The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
1998 Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
2000 In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida.
2000 Second Battle of Elephant Pass, Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years.
2000 The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
2004 Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
2005 Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologized about Japan's war records.
2006 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.
2006 Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of Kandahar, Afghanistan by a roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants, the worst single day combat loss for the Canadian army since the Korean War
2008 The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service
2012 30 year old women collapses and dies during London Marathon
2013 6 people are killed in a shooting rampage in Belgorod, Russia
2013 Manchester United defeat Aston Villa to claim the 2012/2013 English Premier League
2014 David Moyes is sacked as manager of Manchester United
Born on April 22nd
1357 Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)
1451 Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus (d. 1504)
1610 Alexander VIII (Pietro Ottoboni), Italian lawyer and Pope (1689-91) (d. 1691)
1640 Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
1658 Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (Concert Grossi op 8) (d. 1709)
1682 Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter
1690 John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English chief minister (1722-42) (d. 1763)
1692 James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
1707 Henry Fielding, English author (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones) (d. 1754)
1711 Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779)
1724 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason) (d. 1804)
1744 James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
1766 Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
1773 Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader
1775 Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen)
1781 Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer
1799 Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)
1812 Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894)
1816 Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general (d. 1897)
1816 Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus)
1818 Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers)
1823 Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868
1827 William Hopkins Morris, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1828 Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer
1831 Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 Julius Sterling Morton, Nebraska Governor, Arbor Day founder (d. 1902)
1839 August W Eichler, German botanist
1840 Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
1844 Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
1852 Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
1853 Alphonse Bertillon, France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system
1854 Henri-Marie Lafontaine, Belgian lawyer (Nobel Peace Prize 1913) (d. 1943)
1856 (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans)
1858 Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
1860 Ada Rehan, American stage actress (d. 1916)
1863 Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher
1864 Phil May, Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist
1866 Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
1868 Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
1868 Jose Vianna da Motta, composer
1870 Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov), Russian revolutionary (d. 1924)
1872 Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954)
1873 Ellen Glasgow, American author (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942) (d. 1945)
1876 Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
1876 Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
1878 Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer
1881 Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician, PM (1917) (d. 1970)
1884 Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer
1884 John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Died Sept 3, 1992)
1884 Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. 1939)
1886 Izidor Cankar, Slovenian art historian, essayist and diplomat (d. 1958)
1889 Ludwig Renn, writer
1889 Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator, suicide (d. 1945)
1891 Belle Bennett, Milcoon Rapids IA, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask)
1891 Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989)
1891 Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
1891 Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. 1927)
1891 Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
1892 Nikolai Obouhov, composer
1892 Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
1899 Martyn Green, London, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh)
1899 Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg, novelist
1902 Megan Lloyd George, English politician
1904 J(ulius) Robert Oppenheimer, NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project
1904 Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)
1905 Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. 1991)
1906 Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)
1906 Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society)
1906 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, second in line to the Swedish throne (d. 1947)
1907 Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
1908 Eddie Albert (Heimberger), Rock Island Il, actor (Oliver-Green Acres)
1909 Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
1909 Ralph Byrd, Dayton Ohio, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show)
1909 Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate
1910 Eric Scowen, physician
1910 Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971)
1910 R J Ritchie, tennis player
1912 Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer
1912 Kathleen Ferrier, British singer (Orfeo Ed Evridice) (d. 1953)
1914 Charles Hubert Sisson, author/poet (Christopher Homm)
1914 Hans Baumann, writer
1914 Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (Holland's Glory) (d. 2002)
1914 Michael Wittman, German soldier and tank ace (d. 1944)
1915 Dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn)
1915 Lord Airedale, British Lord (social democrat)
1916 Earl of Oxford & Asquith, governor (Seychelles)
1916 Lord Menuhin, OM
1916 Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (Bartok's Sonata) (d. 1999)
1917 Leo Abse, biographer/MP
1917 Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly)
1918 Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1918 William Jay Smith, American poet
1919 Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist
1919 Donald J. Cram, American chemist (Nobel laureate 1987) (d. 2001)
1920 Hal March, SF California, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage)
1920 Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word)
1922 Charles Mingus, American musician, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus) (d. 1979)
1922 Lou Stein, Phila Pa, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark)
1922 Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings)
1922 Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973)
1923 Aaron Spelling, American television producer (Charlie's Angels) (d. 2006)
1923 Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990)
1923 Bettie Page, American model, playmate (Jan, 1955)/model (Dark Angel) (d. 2008)
1923 Hugh Lloyd, actor (Punch & Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising)
1923 Paula Fox, US children's books author (Poor George)
1923 Peter Bowring, CEO (C T Bowring)
1925 Christopher Ball, Oxford, warden (Keble College)
1925 George Cole, English actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers)
1926 Bob Flannigan, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1926 Charlotte Rae, American actress (Edna-Facts of Life)
1926 James Stirling, Scottish architect, D-day-parachutist (d. 1992)
1927 Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
1927 Pascal Bentoiu, composer
1929 Geoffrey Marshall, Provost (Queen's College, Oxford)
1929 Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
1929 Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (Trinity College Cambridge England)
1929 Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat/exec director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1929 Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen
1931 Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP)
1931 Robert Dickson, Canada, ice hockey player (1948)
1931 Ronald Hynd, British choreographer (English National Ballet)
1931 Siem Vroom, Dutch actor (The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries)
1932 Michael Colgrass, Chicago Illinois, composer (Best Wishes)
1933 John A Llewellyn, Cardiff Wales, astronaut
1933 Robin Hutton, merchant banker
1934 David Ratford, diplomat
1934 John K Barlow, English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire
1934 Nico Ladenis, British restauranteur (Nico at 90)/=
1934 Viscount Portman, Britsh landowner and multimillionaire
1935 Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)
1935 Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
1936 Glen Campbell, American musician (Time I Get to Phoenix)
1936 Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
1937 Bobbi Fiedler, (Rep-R-CA, 1981)
1937 David Summerscale, head master (Westminster School England)
1937 Jack Nicholson, American actor (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining)
1937 Jack Nitzsche, American composer (An Officer & a Gentleman) (d. 2000)
1937 Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire
1938 Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
1938 Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman
1939 Jason Miller, American playwright (Exorcist, Light of Day) (d. 2001)
1939 John Chilcot, civil servant
1939 John Foley, mjr-general
1939 Mel Carter, American singer
1939 Theodor Waigel, German politician and finance minister
1940 Peter Goldstein, joint founder (Superdrug)
1943 Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate
1943 Mel Carter, singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me)
1943 Steve Dunne, cricketer (NZ Test umpire on international panel)
1944 Joshua Rifkin, composer
1944 Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. 2007)
1945 Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael
1945 Demetrio Stratos, Italian musician (d. 1979)
1945 Donald Graham, US businessman
1945 Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
1945 Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage
1946 Archy Kirkwood, MP (L-D)
1946 Dectuplets, Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
1946 John Waters, American filmmaker (Hairspray)
1946 Louise Harel, Quebec politician
1946 Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
1946 Steven L. Bennett, USAF Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1972)
1947 Barry Guy, composer
1948 Carole Drinkwater, actress (Father, All Creatures Great & Small)
1948 Larry Groce, American singer and songwriter
1949 Spencer Haywood, Silver City Ms, NBAer (Oly-gold-1968, Knicks)
1950 Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster
1950 Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
1950 Peter Frampton, English musician (Frampton Comes Alive)
1950 Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
1951 Ana María Shua, Argentine poet
1951 Paul Carrack, English musician, vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long)
1952 François Berléand, French actor
1952 Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (d. 2009)
1953 Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
1953 Steve Bond, Haifa Israel, actor (General Hospital, To Die For)
1953 Tom Griswold, American radio personality
1954 Joseph Bottoms, Santa Barbara Cal, actor (Surfacing, Blind Date)
1955 Arthur Baker, rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock)
1955 Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer
1956 Catherine Mary Stewart, Edmonton, actress (Passion & Paradise)
1957 Alan Campbell, Homestead Fla, actor (E Z-3's a Crowd)
1957 Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister
1957 Ethel White, WBL guard (NY Stars)
1958 Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-80s)
1958 Ken Olandt, American actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun)
1959 Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
1959 Nicky Le Roux, South Africa, LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Champ-15th)
1959 Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer (pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams)
1959 Ryan Stiles, Canadian-born actor (Lewis-Drew Carey Show)
1959 Terry Francona, American baseball manager
1960 Gary Rhodes, English chef
1960 Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ (1986)
1960 Mart Laar, Estonian statesman
1960 Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive
1961 Byron Allen, LA California, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show)
1961 Dewey Nicks, American photographer and film director
1961 Jeff Hostetler, NFL QB (NY Giants, Raiders, Redskins/1990 Superbowl)
1961 Jimmy Key, Huntsville Alabama, pitcher (Blue Jays, NY Yanks, Orioles)
1962 David Wettlaufer, Kitchener Ont, golfer (Ontario Beefeater-1986, 87)
1962 Denise Baldwin, Atlanta GA, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury)
1962 Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
1963 Sean Lock, English comedian
1964 Bob McCann, NBA forward (Washington Bullets)
1964 Chris Makepeace, Toronto, actor (Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis)
1964 Estelle Asmodelle, actress, model & writer
1965 Lauri Hendler, actress
1965 Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 Fletcher Dragge, American guitarist (Pennywise)
1966 Glenn Parker, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills, KC Chiefs)
1966 Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
1966 Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005)
1966 Serge Poudrier, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1967 Bart Bowen, Albuquerque NM, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1967 Harvey Williams, American football player, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1967 Mike Buck, NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals)
1967 Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
1967 Sheryl Lee, American actress (Twin Peaks, Love Lies & Murder)
1968 Bimbo Coles, NBA guard (Golden State Warriors)
1968 Carlos Costa, Spain, tennis star
1968 Jo Angel, cricketer (big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-)
1968 Vernell Coles, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1968 Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
1969 Bobby Olive, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey)
1969 Dion Dublin, English footballer
1969 George Williams, Lacrosse WI, catcher (Oakland A's)
1969 Roger Jones, NFL center (Cin Bengals)
1970 Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player
1970 Claus Biedermann, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1970 Coleman Bell, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins)
1970 Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
1971 Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese space tourist
1971 Eric Mabius, American actor
1971 Ingo Rademacher, German actor (Jasper Jacks-General Hospital)
1971 James Burton, NFL cornerback (Chic Bears)
1971 Milos Holan, Bilovec Cze, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1971 Nicklas Kulti, Sweden, tennis star
1972 Anna Falchi, Tampera Finland, actress (La Dolce Vita '90)
1972 Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union footballer
1972 Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player (Strasbourg doubles final)
1973 Adem Poric, Australian footballer
1973 Christopher Sabat, American voice actor
1973 Christopher Sanders, tight end (Washington Redskins)
1973 Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
1973 Scott Fields, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 Adam Parfitt, Victoria BC, rower (Olympics-96)
1974 Diego Costa, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1974 Georgia Goettmann, model (Cosmo-May 1995)
1974 Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down)
1975 Brian Manning, wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1975 Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
1975 Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
1975 Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player (MVV)
1976 Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 Michal Zewlakow, Polish footballer
1976 Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador (1996)
1976 Paul Henderson, Australian footballer
1977 Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
1977 Ambra Angiolini, Italian actress
1977 Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
1978 Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
1978 Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
1979 Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)
1979 Zoltan Gera, Hungarian footballer
1980 Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor (Stephen-Torkelsons)
1980 Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
1980 Courtney Friel, American sports & entertainment reporter, presenter of World Poker Tour
1980 Kora Karvouni, Greek actress
1980 Monica Flammer, Gainesville Fla, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1980 Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
1981 Ken Dorsey, American football player
1982 David Purcey, American baseball player
1982 Kaká, Brazilian footballer
1982 Tim Hamilton, Slovak adult movie actor
1983 Evangelos Mantzios, Greek footballer
1983 Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer
1983 Matt Jones, American football player
1983 Natalie White, Winner of Survivor: Samoa
1983 Sam Heads, British entomologist and palaeontologist
1984 Amelle Berrabah, English singer (Sugababes)
1984 Michelle Ryan, English actress
1985 Lauri Hendler, Ft Belvoir Va, actress (Julie-Gimme a Break)
1985 Matt Ballinger, American singer (Dream Street)
1986 Amber Heard, American actress
1986 Dusan Sakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player
1986 Marshawn Lynch, American Football player
1987 Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer
1989 Dejuan Blair, American basketball player
1990 Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler
Died on April 22nd
296 Pope Caius
455 Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor
536 Agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36)
1253 Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39)
1355 Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II
1462 Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes
1521 Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded
1592 Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (b. 1511)
1648 Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem
1662 John Tradescant, traveller/gardener
1672 Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (Hercules) (b. 1598)
1699 Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (b. 1646)
1722 Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java
1758 Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
1776 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
1778 James Hargreaves, English inventor (spinning jenny) (b. 1720)
1782 Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
1788 Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46
1806 Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
1821 John Crome (Old Crome), English landscape painter/etcher
1827 Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist
1830 Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian
1833 Richard Trevithick, English inventor (steam locomotive) (b. 1771)
1839 Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
1844 Henri-Montan Berton, composer
1854 Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
1864 Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major
1865 Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major
1877 James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)
1883 Octave Fouque, composer
1892 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, French composer (b. 1823)
1893 Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor and academic (b. 1825)
1896 Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)
1899 E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust)
1901 William Stubbs, historian/bishop
1908 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1905-08) (b. 1836)
1925 André Caplet, French composer (b. 1878)
1929 Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
1929 Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer
1930 Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
1933 Frederick Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer (Rolls Royce) (b. 1863)
1941 Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests)
1944 Mezio Agostini, composer
1944 Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (b. 1913)
1945 Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist (b. 1867)
1945 Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. 1900)
1946 Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1941-46) (b. 1872)
1946 Lionel Atwill, English actor (Capt Blood, Great Waltz) (b. 1885)
1950 Charles Hamilton Houston, American civil rights attorney, architect of NAACP legal campaign (b. 1895)
1951 Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
1951 Stanley Ridges, actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace)
1953 Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N], Dutch writer
1957 Ignatius Roy D Campbell, British poet (Garcia Lorca)
1961 Maria Radulphus, [Adrian Hermus], Curacao school inspector
1962 Solomon Pimsleur, composer
1962 Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman)
1967 Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show)
1968 Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
1975 Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms)
1976 Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer
1977 Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows)
1978 Will Geer, American actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons) (b. 1902)
1980 Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b. 1902)
1980 Jane Froman, American actress (Jane Froman's USA Canteen) (b. 1907)
1980 Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band)
1981 Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College)
1982 Melville Bell Grosvenor, pres (Natl Geographic Society)
1983 Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist (b. 1903)
1983 John Louis Evans, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1950)
1983 Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide
1984 Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
1985 Jacques Ferron, French Canadian physician, author and politician (b. 1921)
1985 Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
1986 Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. 1907)
1988 Irene Rich, American actress (Beau Brumell, Champ) (b. 1891)
1989 Huey Newton, US, Black Panther leader, shot
1990 Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
1990 Bertil Unger, actor (Devil & Max Devlin)
1992 Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed
1992 Joop (Joseph) van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN)
1992 Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night)
1993 Andries Treurnicht, founder S Afr Conservative Party
1993 Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers)
1993 Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees)
1994 D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer
1994 Denis Pitts, journalist
1994 Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist
1994 Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (1969-75) (b. 1913)
1994 Schmidt Hans Burkhardt, artist
1995 Don Pullen, pianist/composer
1995 Maggie Kuhn, American activist (Gray Panthers) (b. 1905)
1996 David Shipman, film historian
1996 Erma Bombeck, American humorist (Grass is Greener) (b. 1927)
1996 Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
1996 Hiteshwar Saikia, PM of Indian state of Assam (1991-96)
1998 Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
1999 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
1999 Chan Canasta, Polish magician and mindreader (b. 1920)
2002 Linda Lovelace, American adult actress (b. 1949)
2003 Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
2003 Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
2003 Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
2004 Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
2004 Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
2005 Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
2005 Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
2005 Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
2005 Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2006 Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
2007 Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938)
2008 Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)
2011 Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (b. 1950
2013 Richie Havens, American folk singer (b. 1941)
2016 Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (Mother Superior - Flying Nun)