# What happened on April 22 in history?

**Date:** April 22  
**Events recorded:** 35  
**Years spanned:** 960 – 2025  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/april/22/

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## Featured Event

**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.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pahalgam_attack)

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## Events on this date

- **960** — Basil II is crowned co-Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II))
- **1073** — Election of Pope Gregory VII following the death of Pope Alexander II. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII))
- **1500** — Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral))
- **1519** — Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquistador))
- **1529** — Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues (1,250 kilometres (780 mi)) east of the Moluccas. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Zaragoza))
- **1809** — The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Eckm%C3%BChl))
- **1836** — Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution))
- **1864** — The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress))
- **1876** — The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_(baseball)))
- **1889** — At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rush_of_1889))
- **1898** — Spanish–American War: President William McKinley calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the National Guard and fight in Cuba, while Congress more than doubles regular Army forces to 65,000. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War))
- **1906** — The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Intercalated_Games))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1930** — The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty))
- **1944** — World War II:  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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1944** — World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II))
- **1944** — World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Aitape))
- **1945** — World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp))
- **1945** — World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsenhausen_concentration_camp))
- **1948** — Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War))
- **1954** — Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism))
- **1966** — American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Flyers_Airline_Flight_280%2FD))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Knox-Johnston))
- **1969** — The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)))
- **1970** — The first Earth Day is celebrated. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day))
- **1970** — Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego))
- **1974** — Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_812))
- **1977** — Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber))
- **1992** — A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_explosion))
- **1993** — Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Stephen_Lawrence))
- **2005** — Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichiro_Koizumi))
- **2016** — The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Eastern_Freeway_truck_crash))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pahalgam_attack))

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## Notable births on April 22

- **2011** — **Violet McGraw** — American actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_McGraw))
- **1992** — **Adam Lanza** — American mass murderer (died 2012) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Lanza))
- **1991** — **Danni Wyatt** — English cricketer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danni_Wyatt-Hodge))
- **1990** — **Machine Gun Kelly** — American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGK))
- **1990** — **Kevin Kiermaier** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kiermaier))
- **1990** — **Eve Muirhead** — Scottish curler ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Muirhead))
- **1988** — **Dee Strange-Gordon** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Strange-Gordon))
- **1987** — **David Luiz** — Brazilian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Luiz))
- **1986** — **Amber Heard** — American actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Heard))
- **1986** — **Marshawn Lynch** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshawn_Lynch))

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## Notable deaths on April 22

- **2023** — **Len Goodman** — English ballroom dancer and television personality (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Goodman))
- **2022** — **Guy Lafleur** — Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lafleur))
- **2021** — **Adrian Garrett** — American professional baseball player (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Garrett))
- **2020** — **Shirley Knight** — American actress (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Knight))
- **2017** — **Donna Leanne Williams** — Australian writer, artist, and activist (born 1963) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Williams))
- **2015** — **Dick Balharry** — Scottish environmentalist and photographer (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Balharry))
- **2014** — **Oswaldo Vigas** — Venezuelan painter (born 1926) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswaldo_Vigas))
- **2013** — **Richie Havens** — American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Havens))
- **2013** — **Lalgudi Jayaraman** — Indian violinist and composer (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalgudi_Jayaraman))
- **2013** — **Robert Suderburg** — American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Suderburg))

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