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Eventos el April 22 36

Año 238

Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.

Año 1500

Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.

Año 1519

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.

Año 1529

Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.

Año 1622

The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.

Año 1809

The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.

Año 1836

Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when one of his fellow captives mistakenly gives away his identity.

Año 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.

Año 1876

The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of the MLB.

Año 1889

At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.

Año 1898

Spanish-American War: The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.

Año 1906

The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.

Año 1915

The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.

Año 1930

The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.

Año 1944

The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.

Año 1944

World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.

Año 1945

World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.

Año 1945

World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.

Año 1948

Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces.

Año 1951

Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

Año 1954

Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy hearings begins.

Año 1969

British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.

Año 1970

The first Earth Day is celebrated.

Año 1972

Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.

Año 1977

Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

Año 1983

The German magazine Stern claims the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.

Año 1992

In a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.

Año 1993

Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.

Año 1997

Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.

Año 2000

In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.

Año 2004

Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.

Año 2005

Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.

Año 2008

The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.

Año 2013

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements.

Año 2014

More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.

Año 2016

The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming

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