eso ha pasado un 22 Abril

1889 : Oklahoma Land Run


On 22 April 1889, 50,000 people lined the start of the land rush to Oklahoma and surrounding areas. 2 million acres of land had been purchased from the Indians by the U.S. government and were to be occupied by settlers. On these non appropriated lands, each settler could claim ownership on a parcel with an area up to 160 acres, from the moment he could prove he was occupying it.

1915 : First use of chemical weapons


On April 22, 1915, during the First World War, the Germans used for the first time a chemical weapon - chlorine - during their attack on the town of Ypres in Belgium. 10,000 soldiers were killed. The town of Ypres was also the subject of the first attack with mustard gas (dichloro ethyl sulfide), nicknamed yperite, in July 1917.

1952 : The nuclear bomb tested in Nevada


On April 22, 1952, the public observed for the first time a nuclear explosion at Yucca Flat test site in Nevada. The explosion, the largest ever recorded, was even broadcast on television. The effects of radiation were poorly understood. And many people were irradiated after staying in areas near the test areas, such as members of the team shooting the Conqueror movie (half of them suffered from cancer afterwards).

1992 : Sewers explode in Guadalajara


On April 22, 1992, a series of explosions occurred in the sewer of the city of Guadalajara in Mexico, killing over 200 people and destroying several streets. Apparently a gas leak had invaded the sewer pipes of the city.

1997 : End of the hostage crisis at the Japanese Embassy in Peru


On 17 December 1996, members of the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru, Revolutionary Marxist Movement, took guests to a reception given by the Japanese embassy in Peru into hostages. The remaining hostages were released by the Peruvian forces on April 22, 1997 and the hostage takers were executed after surrendering.

Actualidad del día : 22 Abril

Earth Day
Since 1970, April 22 is Earth Day, the day of environmental awareness in many countries.

Cita del día : 22 Abril

J. Robert Oppenheimer, père de la bombe atomique américaine
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

Cumpleaños : 22 Abril

Emmanuel Kant, Filósofo alemán (1724)
Germaine de Staël, Escritora suiza (1766)
Odilon Redon, Pintor francés (1840)
Vladimir Lenin, Político ruso (1870)
Harold Jeffreys, Matemático y astrónomo inglés (1891)
Nicola Sacco, Anarquista estadounidense (1891)
Vladimir Nabokov, Novelista ruso (1899)
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Físico estadounidense (1904)
Rita Levi-Montalcini, Neurólogo italiano, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1909)
Yehudi Menuhin, Violinista nacido en Estados Unidos (1916)
Donald J. Cram, Químico americano, premio Nobel (1919)
Charles Mingus, Músico estadounidense (1922)
Aaron Spelling, Productor americano (1923)
Glen Campbell, Músico estadounidense (1936)
Jack Nicholson, Actor americano (1937)
Steve Fossett, ombre de negocios y aventurero estadounidense (1944)
Nicole Garcia, Actriz y directora de cine francesa (1946)
François Berléand, Actor francés (1952)
Évelyne Bouix, Actriz francesa (1953)
Donald Tusk, Político polaco (1957)
Sheryl Lee, Actriz americana (1967)
Shavo Odadjian, Músico armenio americano (System of a Down) (1974)
Carlos Sastre, Ciclista español (1975)
Clarke Dermody, Jugador de rugby de Nueva Zelanda (1980)
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (Kaká), Futbolista brasileño (1982)
David Luiz, Futbolista brasileño (1987)
Mikel John Obi, Futbolista de Nigeria (1987)

Nos han dejado un 22 Abril

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Almirante francés (1806)
Édouard Lalo, Compositor francés (1892)
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Primer ministro del Reino Unido (1908)
Henry Royce, Fundador de Rolls-Royce (1933)
Ansel Adams, Fotógrafo americano (1984)
Richard Nixon, 37o presidente de Estados Unidos (1994)
Alida Valli, Actriz italiana (2006)
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