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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.

Novità del giorno : 22 Aprile

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

Citazione del giorno : 22 Aprile

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

Compleanni : 22 Aprile

Emmanuel Kant, Filosofo tedesco (1724)
Germaine de Staël, Scrittrice svizzera (1766)
Odilon Redon, Pittore francese (1840)
Vladimir Lenin, Politico russo (1870)
Harold Jeffreys, Matematico e astronomo inglese (1891)
Nicola Sacco, Anarchico americano (1891)
Vladimir Nabokov, Romanziere russo (1899)
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Fisico americano (1904)
Rita Levi-Montalcini, Neurologo italiano, premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e Medicina (1909)
Yehudi Menuhin, Violinista americano di nascita (1916)
Donald J. Cram, Chimico americano, premio Nobel (1919)
Charles Mingus, Musicista americano (1922)
Aaron Spelling, Produttore americano (1923)
Glen Campbell, Musicista americano (1936)
Jack Nicholson, Attore americano (1937)
Steve Fossett, Uomo d'affari e avventuriero americano (1944)
Nicole Garcia, Attrice e regista francese (1946)
François Berléand, Attore francese (1952)
Évelyne Bouix, Attrice francese (1953)
Donald Tusk, Politico polacco (1957)
Sheryl Lee, Attrice americana (1967)
Shavo Odadjian, Musicista armeno americano (System of a Down) (1974)
Carlos Sastre, Ciclista spagnolo (1975)
Clarke Dermody, Rugby player di Nuova Zelanda (1980)
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (Kaká), Calciatore brasiliano (1982)
David Luiz, Calciatore brasiliano (1987)
Mikel John Obi, Calciatore nigeriano (1987)

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Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Ammiraglio francese (1806)
Édouard Lalo, Compositore francese (1892)
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Primo Ministro del Regno Unito (1908)
Henry Royce, Fondatore della Rolls-Royce (1933)
Ansel Adams, Fotografo americano (1984)
Richard Nixon, 37 ° Presidente degli Stati Uniti (1994)
Alida Valli, Attrice italiana (2006)
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