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| About April 22nd is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. April 22nd is notable for being Earth Day. Births 1923 - Bettie Page, model, pop culture icon 1931 - Joe Cuba, musician ("Father of Latin Boogaloo") 1936 - Glen Campbell, country singer, musician 1937 - Jack Nicholson, actor (Batman, As Good As It Gets) 1944 - Steve Fossett, businessman, aviator, sailor 1950 - Peter Frampton, musician, singer 1959 - Ryan Stiles, comedian, actor (The Drew Carey Show) 1980 - Courtney Friel, reporter (Fox News) Deaths 1994 - Richard Nixon, 37th U.S. President Events 1864 - The phrase "In God We Trust" is authorized by the U.S. Congress to be used on American coins. 1876 - Baseball's National League holds their first game as the Boston Red Stockings defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 6-5. 1889 - The Oklahoma Land Rush begins with Oklahoma City and Guthrie establishing cities of around 10,000 in only a couple hours. 1915 - German forces fire 168 tons of lethal chlorine gas against Allied soldiers at Ypres, Belgium killing 6,000. 1970 - April 22nd, 1970 marks the first day that Earth Day was celebrated across the United States. 1978 - The Blues Brothers, featuring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd make their debut on NBC's Saturday Night Live. 1993 - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. is dedicated. 1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. 2000 - United States federal agents seize 6-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida. |
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