What are the important events that happened on April 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 22 is the 112^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 9, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,745,280,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecadigon’ day.

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 301 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,505 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 22 Historical Events

• 1500 –
  Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
• 1864 –
  The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
• 1906 –
  The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
• 1945 –
  World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape.
• 1954 –
  Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begins.
• 1992 –
  In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
• 2000 –
  The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
• 2003 –
  Election of the fifth Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
• 2006 –
  243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.

Who were born on April 22?

• 1832 –
  Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day founder (d. 1902)
• 1844 –
  Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
• 1886 –
  Izidor Cankar, Slovenian art historian, essayist and diplomat (d. 1958)
• 1914 –
  Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (d. 2002)
• 1923 –
  Bettie Page, American model (d. 2008)
• 1948 –
  Larry Groce, American singer and songwriter
• 1969 –
  Dion Dublin, English footballer
• 1977 –
  Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
• 1980 –
  Kora Karvouni, Greek actress
• 1984 –
  Michelle Ryan, English actress

Who died on April 22?

• 1778 –
  James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. 1720)
• 1892 –
  Edouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823)
• 1925 –
  André Caplet, French composer (b. 1878)
• 1968 –
  Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
• 1999 –
  Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
• 2002 –
  Linda Lovelace, American porn actress (b. 1949)
• 2005 –
  Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
• 2008 –
  Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)
• 2010 –
  Richard Barrett, American lawyer and white nationalist (b. 1943)
• 2011 –
  Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (b. 1950)