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What happened on April 22
Every April 22 carries a layer of history: wars that began or ended, inventions, premieres, treaties, and people born or lost on this day across the centuries. We gathered 12 of the most striking events recorded on April 22, plus notable births and deaths, each with its year and a link to the Wikipedia article where the story continues. It is a fast way to answer "what happened on April 22" without digging through many sources: the list arrives ranked by relevance and dated.
Notable events
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2022 | American climate activist Wynn Bruce set himself on fire outside the United States Supreme Court Building in an apparent protest against the climate crisis. Self-immolation of Wynn Bruce |
| 2020 | A truck struck and killed four Victoria Police officers on the Eastern Freeway, Australia, the force's deadliest single incident. Victoria Police |
| 2016 | The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties. Paris Agreement |
| 2013 | The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested two men who were plotting to commit terrorist attacks against Via Rail operations. Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| 2004 | Flammable cargo exploded at a railway station in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than a thousand others. Ryongchon disaster |
| 2000 | In a pre-dawn raid, U.S. federal agents seized six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and returned him to his Cuban father. Elián González |
| 1993 | Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager, was murdered while waiting for a bus in Eltham, London, leading to cultural changes of attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice. Black British people |
| 1951 | Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the Battle of Kapyong. Korean War |
| 1948 | Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: The Jewish paramilitary group Haganah captured Haifa from the Arab Liberation Army. 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine |
| 1945 | About 600 prisoners of the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia revolted, but only 80 managed to escape while the remainder were killed by the Ustaše regime. Jasenovac concentration camp |
| 1918 | The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian Empire. Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic |
| 1885 | The first meeting of the Colonial Defence Committee, a standing committee of the British Colonial Office, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados. Colonial Defence Committee |
Births
| Year | Who |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Violet McGraw, American actress Violet McGraw |
| 1992 | Adam Lanza, American mass murderer (died 2012) Adam Lanza |
| 1991 | Danni Wyatt, English cricketer Danni Wyatt-Hodge |
| 1990 | Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor MGK |
Deaths
| Year | Who |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Len Goodman, English ballroom dancer and television personality (born 1944) Len Goodman |
| 2022 | Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951) Guy Lafleur |
| 2020 | Shirley Knight, American actress (born 1936) Shirley Knight |
| 2017 | Donna Leanne Williams, Australian writer, artist, and activist (born 1963) Donna Williams |
A single anniversary does not explain on its own why a day matters: one April 22 can hold a scientific milestone, a tragedy and the birth of an artist, centuries apart. That is why we date every row and link the source, so you can follow what interests you. The selection mixes 12 events, 4 births and 4 deaths; the full list, with every reference, lives on Wikipedia.
Source, license and method
This page curates the day's anniversaries for April 22 from Wikipedia, delivered through the Wikimedia "On this day" feed (the encyclopedia's own open dataset). It is not original research: the facts, years and wording come from Wikipedia and are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0), which requires crediting the source and keeping the same license. We pick each day's most relevant items, favouring the editors' own selection and the most prominent articles, and every row links back to the matching entry. For the full list and primary references, see the day's article on Wikipedia (April 22).
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