About April 22
April 22, 2025 is the 112th 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.
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Taurus is the sun 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.
What Happened On April 22
- 1529 –Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
- 1809 –The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: the Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
- 1836 –Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Grierson’s Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
- 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.
- 1912 –Tsinghua University, one of mainland China’s leading universities, is founded.
- 1930 –The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
- 1944 –The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with CSAR operations in the China-Burma-India theater.
- 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.
- 1969 –British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
- 1992 –In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
- 2000 –Second Battle of Elephant Pass: Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years.
- 2000 –The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
- 2003 –Election of the fifth Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
- 2005 –Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan’s war record.
- 2006 –243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.
- 2008 –The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
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