April 22
1500 - Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.
1509 - Henry VIII became king of England.
1616 - The Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid.
1864 - Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency.
1889 - The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.
1915 - The first full-scale use of deadly chemicals in warfare took place as German forces unleashed chlorine gas against Allied troops at the start of the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium during World War I; thousands of soldiers are believed to have died.
1937 - Thousands of college students in New York City staged a “peace strike” opposing American entry into another possible world conflict.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. forces began invading Japanese-held New Guinea with amphibious landings at Hollandia and Aitape.
1954 - The publicly televised sessions of the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings began.
1970 - Earth Day was celebrated for the first time.
1993 - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C., to honor victims of Nazi extermination.
1994 - Richard M. Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died after suffering a stroke at age 81 in New York City.
2000 - Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.
2004 - Army Ranger Pat Tillman, who’d traded in a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to serve in Afghanistan, was killed by friendly fire; he was 27.
2005 - Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom outside Washington, D.C., to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans. (Moussaoui is serving a life prison sentence.)
2010 - The Deepwater Horizon oil platform, operated by BP, sank into the Gulf of Mexico two days after a massive explosion that killed 11 workers.
2012 - The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal on a strategic partnership agreement ensuring that Americans would provide military and financial support to the Afghan people for at least a decade beyond 2014, the deadline for most foreign forces to withdraw.
2013 - A seriously wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room with bombing the Boston Marathon in a plot with his older brother, Tamerlan, who died after a fierce gunbattle with police.
2016 - Leaders from 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations as the landmark deal took a key step toward entering into force years ahead of schedule.
2023 - Ken Potts, one of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died. He was 102.
Birthdays
34 - Machine Gun Kelly (rapper)
38 - Amber Heard (actress)
38 - Marshawn Lynch (football player)
40 - Michelle Ryan (actress)
42 - Cassidy Freeman (actress)
44 - Malcolm Barrett (actor)
52 - Willie Robertson (reality star)
53 - Kellie Coffey (singer)
57 - Sherri Shepherd (actress/talk show host)
57 - Sheryl Lee (actress)
58 - Jeffrey Dean Morgan (actor)
65 - Terry Francona (baseball manager)
65 - Ryan Stiles (actor/comedian)
74 - Peter Frampton (singer)
85 - Mel Carter (singer)
87 - Jack Nicholson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 22
1876 - Eight baseball teams began the inaugural season of the National League. In the first game Boston beat Philadelphia 6-5.
1914 - Babe Ruth made his pitching debut with the Baltimore Orioles.
1915 - The New York Yankees donned their now iconic pinstripe uniforms for the first time.
1945 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1954 - The NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock and a six-team foul rule.
1962 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
1966 - The Atlanta Braves win their first game, defeating the New York Mets 8-4.
1982 - The Atlanta Braves' 13-game win streak to start the season was snapped, the longest win streak to start a season in MLB history.
1990 - The Indianapolis Colts select Illinois quarterback Jeff George with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1994 - Michael Moorer became boxing's first left-handed heavyweight champion.
1995 - The Cincinnati Bengals select Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2003 - Patrick Roy plays in his final NHL game.
2010 - The opening round of the NFL Draft aired in prime time for the first time; the St. Louis Rams select Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the first pick.
2022 - Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, died at age 70.
1500 - Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.
1509 - Henry VIII became king of England.
1616 - The Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid.
1864 - Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency.
1889 - The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.
1915 - The first full-scale use of deadly chemicals in warfare took place as German forces unleashed chlorine gas against Allied troops at the start of the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium during World War I; thousands of soldiers are believed to have died.
1937 - Thousands of college students in New York City staged a “peace strike” opposing American entry into another possible world conflict.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. forces began invading Japanese-held New Guinea with amphibious landings at Hollandia and Aitape.
1954 - The publicly televised sessions of the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings began.
1970 - Earth Day was celebrated for the first time.
1993 - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C., to honor victims of Nazi extermination.
1994 - Richard M. Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died after suffering a stroke at age 81 in New York City.
2000 - Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.
2004 - Army Ranger Pat Tillman, who’d traded in a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to serve in Afghanistan, was killed by friendly fire; he was 27.
2005 - Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom outside Washington, D.C., to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans. (Moussaoui is serving a life prison sentence.)
2010 - The Deepwater Horizon oil platform, operated by BP, sank into the Gulf of Mexico two days after a massive explosion that killed 11 workers.
2012 - The U.S. and Afghanistan reached a deal on a strategic partnership agreement ensuring that Americans would provide military and financial support to the Afghan people for at least a decade beyond 2014, the deadline for most foreign forces to withdraw.
2013 - A seriously wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room with bombing the Boston Marathon in a plot with his older brother, Tamerlan, who died after a fierce gunbattle with police.
2016 - Leaders from 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations as the landmark deal took a key step toward entering into force years ahead of schedule.
2023 - Ken Potts, one of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died. He was 102.
Birthdays
34 - Machine Gun Kelly (rapper)
38 - Amber Heard (actress)
38 - Marshawn Lynch (football player)
40 - Michelle Ryan (actress)
42 - Cassidy Freeman (actress)
44 - Malcolm Barrett (actor)
52 - Willie Robertson (reality star)
53 - Kellie Coffey (singer)
57 - Sherri Shepherd (actress/talk show host)
57 - Sheryl Lee (actress)
58 - Jeffrey Dean Morgan (actor)
65 - Terry Francona (baseball manager)
65 - Ryan Stiles (actor/comedian)
74 - Peter Frampton (singer)
85 - Mel Carter (singer)
87 - Jack Nicholson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 22
1876 - Eight baseball teams began the inaugural season of the National League. In the first game Boston beat Philadelphia 6-5.
1914 - Babe Ruth made his pitching debut with the Baltimore Orioles.
1915 - The New York Yankees donned their now iconic pinstripe uniforms for the first time.
1945 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1954 - The NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock and a six-team foul rule.
1962 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
1966 - The Atlanta Braves win their first game, defeating the New York Mets 8-4.
1982 - The Atlanta Braves' 13-game win streak to start the season was snapped, the longest win streak to start a season in MLB history.
1990 - The Indianapolis Colts select Illinois quarterback Jeff George with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1994 - Michael Moorer became boxing's first left-handed heavyweight champion.
1995 - The Cincinnati Bengals select Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2003 - Patrick Roy plays in his final NHL game.
2010 - The opening round of the NFL Draft aired in prime time for the first time; the St. Louis Rams select Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the first pick.
2022 - Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, died at age 70.