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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1500]] &ndash; Portuguese navigator [[Pedro Álvares Cabral]] lands in [[Brazil]] ([[discovery of Brazil]]).
*[[1519]] &ndash; Spanish [[conquistador]] [[Hernán Cortés]] establishes a settlement at [[Veracruz (city)|Veracruz]], Mexico.
*[[1529]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Zaragoza]] divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues ({{convert|1250|km}}) east of the [[Moluccas]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Durand|first1=Frédéric|last2=Curtis|first2=Dato' Richard|title=Maps of Malaya and Borneo: Discovery, Statehood and Progress. The collections of H.R.H. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and Dato' Richard Curtis|location=Kuala Lumpur|publisher=Editions Didier Millet|date=2013|isbn=9789834477370|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-BUAgAAQBAJ|page=36}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1809]] &ndash; The second day of the [[Battle of Eckmühl]]: The [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] army is defeated by the [[First French Empire]] army led by [[Napoleon]] and driven over the [[Danube]] in [[Regensburg]].
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas Revolution]]: A day after the [[Battle of San Jacinto]], forces under [[Republic of Texas|Texas]] General [[Sam Houston]] identify Mexican General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]] among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Stephen L.|title=Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign|location=Dallas|publisher=Republic of Texas Press|date=2004|isbn=978-1-58907-009-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MM9kRaMd28kC|pages=374–379}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Coinage Act of 1864]] that permitted the inscription ''In God We Trust'' be placed on all coins minted as [[United States currency]].<ref>{{Cite web |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |date=2011 |title=History of 'In God We Trust' |url=https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/in-god-we-trust.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224051104/https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/in-god-we-trust.aspx |archive-date=Dec 24, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; The first [[National League (baseball)|National League]] baseball game is played at the [[Jefferson Street Grounds]] in Philadelphia.
*[[1889]] &ndash; At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the [[Land Rush of 1889]]. Within hours the cities of [[Oklahoma City]] and [[Guthrie, Oklahoma|Guthrie]] are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: President [[William McKinley]] calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] and fight in [[Cuba]], while [[United States Congress|Congress]] more than doubles [[United States Army|regular Army]] forces to 65,000.<ref>{{cite book|last=McCallum|first=Jack|title=Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=9781851096930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5BXB9QtUfFQC|page=306}}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; The [[1906 Intercalated Games]] open in [[Athens]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Weed|first=Mike|title=Olympic Tourism|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Butterworth-Heinemann|date=2008|isbn=978-0-7506-8161-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGzEDXZYbZwC|page=157}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The use of [[poison gas in World War I]] escalates when [[chlorine|chlorine gas]] is released as a [[Chemical warfare|chemical weapon]] in the [[Second Battle of Ypres]].
*[[1930]] &ndash; The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the [[London Naval Treaty]] regulating [[submarine]] warfare and limiting [[shipbuilding]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[1st Air Commando Group]] using [[Sikorsky R-4]] helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in [[military helicopter|combat]] with [[combat search and rescue]] operations in the [[China Burma India Theater]].
*  1944   &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Operation Persecution]] is initiated: [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces land in the [[Jayapura|Hollandia]] (currently known as Jayapura) area of [[New Guinea]].
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: In [[Greenland in World War II|Greenland]], the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German ''Bassgeiger'' [[North Atlantic weather war|weather station]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=War North of 80: The Last German Arctic Weather Station of World War II|last=Dege|first=Wilhelm|year=2004}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: Prisoners at the [[Jasenovac concentration camp]] revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp]] is liberated by soldiers of the [[Red Army]] and [[Polish First Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg): History & Overview|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overview-of-sachsenhausen-oranienburg-concentration-camp|access-date=2022-09-27|website=jewishvirtuallibrary.org|publisher=[[Jewish Virtual Library]]}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|Arab–Israeli War]]: The port city of [[Haifa]] is [[Battle of Haifa (1948)|captured by Jewish forces]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[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]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[McCarthyism|Red Scare]]: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the [[Army–McCarthy hearings]] begins.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D]] crashes on approach to [[Ardmore Municipal Airport]] in [[Ardmore, Oklahoma]], killing 83.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Lockheed L-188C Electra in Ardmore: 83 killed |url=http://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-lockheed-l-188c-electra-ardmore-83-killed |access-date=2020-11-23 |website=www.baaa-acro.com |publisher=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; British yachtsman Sir [[Robin Knox-Johnston]] wins the [[Sunday Times Golden Globe Race|''Sunday Times'' Golden Globe Race]] and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
*  1969   &ndash; The formation of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]] is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
*[[1970]] &ndash; The first [[Earth Day]] is celebrated.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mink|first=Nicolaas|chapter=Earth Day|title=Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices|editor-last=Chapman|editor-first=Roger|location=Armonk, N.Y.|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|date=2010|isbn=9780765617613|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRY27FkGJAUC|page=148}}</ref>
*1970 &ndash; Chicano residents in [[San Diego|San Diego, California]] occupy a site under the [[San Diego–Coronado Bridge|Coronado Bridge]], leading to the creation of [[Chicano Park]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicano Park: El Parque Chicano |url=https://chicanoparkmuseum.org/logan-heights-archival-project/chicano-park/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center |date=22 April 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Pan Am Flight 812]] crashes on approach to [[Ngurah Rai International Airport]] in [[Denpasar]], [[Bali]], Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321B N446PA Denpasar|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740422-0|access-date=2021-04-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
*[[1992]] &ndash; A series of [[gas explosion]]s [[1992 Guadalajara explosions|rip through the streets]] in [[Guadalajara]], Mexico, killing 206.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1992-04-23|title=Guadalajara Gas Blasts Kill 162 : Mexico: A daylong series of explosions thunders under the city, leveling houses and ripping open streets. More than 800 are injured. The cause is disputed.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-23-mn-1280-story.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; Eighteen-year-old [[Murder of Stephen Lawrence|Stephen Lawrence]] is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in [[Well Hall]], [[Eltham]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Laville |first1=Sandra |last2=Dodd |first2=Vikram |date=15 November 2011 |title=Stephen Lawrence killed because of 'the colour of his skin' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/16/stephen-lawrence-murder-trial |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806201217/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/16/stephen-lawrence-murder-trial |archive-date=6 August 2023 |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; Japan's Prime Minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]] [[List of war apology statements issued by Japan#2000s|apologizes]] for Japan's war record.
*[[2016]] &ndash; The [[Paris Agreement]] is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
*[[2020]] &ndash; Four police officers are [[2020 Eastern Freeway truck crash|killed after being struck by a truck]] on the [[Eastern Freeway (Melbourne)|Eastern Freeway]] in [[Melbourne]] while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in [[Victoria Police]] history.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-04-23 |title=How one crash claimed the lives of four police officers on Melbourne's busy Eastern Freeway |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-23/how-melbourne-police-crash-unfolded-eastern-freeway/12175770 |access-date=2022-03-15}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1412]] &ndash; [[Reinhard III, Count of Hanau]] (1451–1452) (d. 1452)
*[[1444]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk]] (d. 1503)
*[[1451]] &ndash; [[Isabella I of Castile]] (d. 1504)
*[[1518]] &ndash; [[Antoine of Navarre]] (d. 1562)
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Schickard]], German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635)
===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander VIII]] (d. 1691)
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Torelli]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1709)
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (d. 1763)
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[Henry Fielding]], English novelist and playwright (d. 1754)
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy]], Austrian soldier (d. 1762)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Immanuel Kant]], German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1804)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[John Johnson (architect, born 1732)|John Johnson]], English architect and surveyor (d. 1814)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[James Sullivan (governor)|James Sullivan]], American lawyer and politician, 7th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1808)
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Germaine de Staël]], French author and political philosopher (d. 1817)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Solomon Caesar Malan]], Swiss-English orientalist (d. 1894)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Charles-Denis Bourbaki]], French general (d. 1897)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Emily Davies]], British suffragist and educator, co-founder and an early Mistress of [[Girton College, Cambridge]] University (d. 1921)<ref>{{Cite ODNB |id=32741 |title=Davies, (Sarah) Emily |first=Sara |last=Delamont}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://southampton.gov.uk/Images/LHF2010autumn_tcm46-309725.pdf|title=Carlton Crescent: Southampton's most spectacular Regency development|date=2013-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127070142/http://southampton.gov.uk/Images/LHF2010autumn_tcm46-309725.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2013|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Julius Sterling Morton]], American journalist and politician, 3rd [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] (d. 1902)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Lewis Powell (conspirator)|Lewis Powell]], American soldier, attempted assassin of [[William H. Seward]] (d. 1865)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] (d. 1912)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Henri La Fontaine]], Belgian lawyer and author, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1943)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Ethel Smyth]], English composer (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=36173 |title=Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary |first=Elizabeth |last=Kertesz}}</ref>
*  1858   &ndash; [[Fritz Mayer van den Bergh]], Belgian art collector and art historian (d. 1901)<ref>{{in lang|nl}} Jozef De Coo, Fritz Mayer van den Bergh: De verzamelaar, de verzameling. Schoten, C. Govaerts, 1979.</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Lenin]], Russian revolutionary and founder of [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] (d. 1924)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Princess Margaret of Prussia]] (d. 1954)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Ellen Glasgow]], American author (d. 1945)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Wu Peifu]], Chinese warlord, politician, and marshal of the [[Beiyang Army]] (d. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmw.cn/content/2004-11/07/content_127301.htm|title=军阀吴佩孚的复杂人生|date=7 November 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212133808/http://www.gmw.cn/content/2004-11/07/content_127301.htm|archive-date=12 February 2005|access-date=13 July 2022|lang=Chinese}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Róbert Bárány]], Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1936)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Georg Lurich]], Estonian wrestler and strongman (d. 1920)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Bernhard Gregory]], Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Otto Rank]], Austrian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1939)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Izidor Cankar]], Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat (d. 1958)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Harald Bohr]], Danish mathematician and footballer (d. 1951)<ref>[[Jagdish Mehra]], [[Helmut Rechenberg]] (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=W5kyppVPyesC&dq=Harald+Bohr+22+april+1887&pg=PA182 ''The Historical Development of Quantum Theory'']</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Richard Glücks]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1945)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Laura Gilpin]], American photographer (d. 1979)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Vittorio Jano]], Italian engineer (d. 1965)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Harold Jeffreys]], English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Sacco and Vanzetti|Nicola Sacco]], Italian-American anarchist (d. 1927)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Vernon Johns]], African-American minister and activist (d. 1965)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Nabokov]], Russian-born novelist and critic (d. 1977)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Nellie Beer]], British politician, Lord Mayor of [[Manchester]] (d. 1988)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/b_body.htm|title=Women of History - B|website=abitofhistory.net|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], American physicist and academic (d. 1967)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Robert Choquette]], American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (d. 1991)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Eric Fenby]], English composer and educator (d. 1997)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten]] (d. 1947)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Rita Levi-Montalcini]], Italian neurologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2012)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Indro Montanelli]], Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Spyros Markezinis]], Greek politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 2000)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Norman Steenrod]], American mathematician and academic (d. 1971)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Ferrier]], English operatic singer (d. 1953)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Kaneto Shindo]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Baldev Raj Chopra]], Indian director and producer (d. 2008)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Jan de Hartog]], Dutch-American author and playwright (d. 2002)
*  1914   &ndash; [[José Quiñones Gonzales]], Peruvian soldier and pilot (d. 1941)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Michael Wittmann]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1944)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Hanfried Lenz]], German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Yehudi Menuhin]], American-Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 1999)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Yvette Chauviré]], French ballerina (d. 2016)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Sidney Nolan]], Australian painter (d. 1992) 
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[William Jay Smith]], American poet and academic (d. 2015)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Mickey Vernon]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Donald J. Cram]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2001)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Carl Lindner, Jr.]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2011)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Richard Diebenkorn]], American soldier and painter (d. 1993)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Charles Mingus]], American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1979)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Wolf V. Vishniac]], American microbiologist and academic (d. 1973)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Peter Kane Dufault]], American soldier, pilot, and poet (d. 2013)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Bettie Page]], American model and actress (d. 2008)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Aaron Spelling]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Nam Duck-woo]], South Korean politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] (d. 2013)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Rae]], American actress and singer (d. 2018)
*  1926   &ndash; [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]], Scottish architect, designed the [[Staatsgalerie Stuttgart]] and [[Seeley Historical Library]] (d. 1992)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Laurel Aitken]], Cuban-Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Estelle Harris]], American actress and comedian (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Traub |first1=Alex |title=Estelle Harris, George's Mother on 'Seinfeld,' Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/obituaries/estelle-harris-dead.html |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=April 3, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Michael Atiyah]], English-Lebanese mathematician and academic (d. 2019)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Robert Wade-Gery]], English diplomat, [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to India|British High Commissioner to India]] (d. 2015)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Enno Penno]], Estonian politician, [[Estonian government-in-exile|Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (d. 2016)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[John Buchanan (Canadian politician)|John Buchanan]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]] (d. 2019)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Ronald Hynd]], English dancer and choreographer
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Anthony Llewellyn]], Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (d. 2013)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Christopher Ball (linguist)|Christopher Ball]], English linguist and academic
*  1935   &ndash; [[Paul Chambers]], African-American bassist and composer (d. 1969)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Bhama Srinivasan]], Indian-American mathematician and academic
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Glen Campbell]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2017)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Pierre Hétu]], Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 1998)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Jack Nicholson]], American actor and producer
*  1937   &ndash; [[Jack Nitzsche]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (d. 2000)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Alan Bond]], English-Australian businessman (d. 2015)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Gani Fawehinmi]], Nigerian lawyer and activist (d. 2009)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Issey Miyake]], Japanese fashion designer (d. 2022)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Adam Raphael]], English journalist and author
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Mel Carter]], American singer and actor 
*  1939   &ndash; [[John Foley (British Army general)|John Foley]], English general and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[Ray Guy (humorist)|Ray Guy]], Canadian journalist and author (d. 2013)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]], American actor and playwright (d. 2001)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Theodor Waigel]], German lawyer and politician, [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|German Federal Minister of Finance]]
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising]], English politician
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Giorgio Agamben]], Italian philosopher and academic
*  1942   &ndash; [[Mary Prior]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Bristol]]
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Keith Crisco]], American businessman and politician (d. 2014)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Janet Evanovich]], American author
*  1943   &ndash; [[Louise Glück]], American poet (d. 2023)
*  1943   &ndash; [[John Maples, Baron Maples]], English lawyer and politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Defence]] (d. 2012)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Scott W. Williams]], American mathematician and professor
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Steve Fossett]], American businessman, pilot, and sailor (d. 2007)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Doug Jarrett]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Joshua Rifkin]], American conductor and musicologist
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]], Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd [[Governor of West Bengal]]
*  1945   &ndash; [[Demetrio Stratos]], Greek-Egyptian singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Steven L. Bennett]], American captain and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1972)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Paul Davies]], English physicist and author
*  1946   &ndash; [[Louise Harel]], Canadian lawyer and politician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope]], Scottish lawyer and politician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford]], English economist and academic
*  1946   &ndash; [[John Waters]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[John Pritchard (bishop)|John Pritchard]], English bishop
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Spencer Haywood]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Spencer Haywood|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/spencer-haywood/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Peter Frampton]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Jancis Robinson]], English journalist and critic
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Aivars Kalējs]], Latvian organist, composer, and pianist
*  1951   &ndash; [[Ana María Shua]], Argentinian author and poet
* [[1952]] &ndash; [[Marilyn Chambers]], American actress <ref>{{cite web | title= Marilyn Chambers, Sex Star, Dies at 56 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/movies/14chambers.html | work=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 April 2009 | access-date=15 April 2025 |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce }}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Donald Tusk]], Polish journalist and politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Poland]]
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Terry Francona]], American baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Terry Francona |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/terry-francona-114378 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Ryan Stiles]], American-Canadian actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Laughing all the way with Ryan Stiles |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/laughing-all-the-way-with-ryan-stiles-1492804179.html |publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=21 April 2017}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Mart Laar]], Estonian historian and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]]
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Jeff Hostetler]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Hostetler |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/6493/jeff-hostetler |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Alo Mattiisen]], Estonian composer (d. 1996)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Jeff Minter]], British video game designer and programmer<ref>Boule, Pete. "[http://www.eurogamer.fr/articles/jeff-minter-fondateur-de-llamasoft-interview Jeff Minter, fondateur de Llamasoft – Interview ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805010343/http://www.eurogamer.fr/articles/jeff-minter-fondateur-de-llamasoft-interview |date=5 August 2012 }}." ''[[Eurogamer]]''. 10 July 2012.</ref>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Danièle Sauvageau]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Rosalind Gill]], English sociologist and academic
*  1963   &ndash; [[Sean Lock]], English comedian and actor (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Sean Lock obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/18/sean-lock-obituary |access-date=22 February 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Mickey Morandini]], American baseball player and manager
*  1966   &ndash; [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=BreAnna |title=Hilarie Burton Celebrates Husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Birthday: 'Made Life a Massive Adventure' |url=https://people.com/tv/hilarie-burton-celebrates-husband-jeffrey-dean-morgans-birthday-with/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=22 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[David J. C. MacKay]], English physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 2016)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Sherri Shepherd]], American actress, comedian, and television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mazziotta |first1=Julie |title=Sherri Shepherd Celebrates Her 54th Birthday After Losing 20 Lbs.: 'This Is the Best I've Ever Felt' |url=https://people.com/health/sherri-shepherd-committed-losing-20-lbs-during-pandemic-health-concerns/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=22 April 2021}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Regine Velasquez]], Filipino singer and actress<ref>{{cite news|last1=Valisno|first1=Jeffrey|title=Fairy tale|url=http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Weekender&title=fairy-tale&id=61469|newspaper=[[BusinessWorld|Business World]]|date=November 16, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127042321/http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Weekender&title=fairy-tale&id=61469|archive-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Dan Cloutier]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Paul Malakwen Kosgei]], Kenyan runner and coach
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Zoltán Gera]], Hungarian international footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=30134|title=Zoltán Gera|publisher=soccerbase.com |access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Daniel Johns]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Quincy Timberlake]], Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Kaká]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Sam W. Heads]], English-American entomologist and palaeontologist
*  1983   &ndash; [[Shkëlzen Shala]], Albanian entrepreneur and veganism activist
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Amber Heard]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNiece |first1=Mia |title=Amber Heard Heads to the Desert to Celebrate Her 30th Birthday With Husband Johnny Depp |url=https://people.com/celebrity/amber-heard-celebrates-30th-birthday-with-husband-johnny-depp/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=11 April 2023 |date=25 April 2016}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Marshawn Lynch]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marshawn Lynch |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/10456/marshawn-lynch |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[David Luiz]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=David Luiz |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4100/David-Luiz/overview |publisher=[[Premier League]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Dee Strange-Gordon]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dee Strange-Gordon |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/dee-strange-gordon-543829 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Machine Gun Kelly (musician)|Machine Gun Kelly]], American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Machine Gun Kelly {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/machine-gun-kelly-mn0002125399/biography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918065010/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/machine-gun-kelly-mn0002125399/biography|archive-date=2017-09-18|access-date=2021-06-22|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Kevin Kiermaier]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Kiermaier |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-kiermaier-595281 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Eve Muirhead]], Scottish curler<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eve Muirhead |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/118887 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=15 March 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Danni Wyatt]], English cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danielle Wyatt {{!}} Stats, Bio, Facts and Career Info|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/danielle-wyatt/t2QH-O5tmkSaPzG0zyXk_Q/bio|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.cricket.com.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Danni Wyatt profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/danni-wyatt-254168|access-date=2021-04-23|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Violet McGraw]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/violet_mcgraw|title=Violet McGraw|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[296]] &ndash; [[Pope Caius]]
* [[536]] &ndash; [[Pope Agapetus I]]
* [[591]] &ndash; [[Peter III of Raqqa]]
* [[613]] &ndash; [[Saint Theodore of Sykeon]]
* [[835]] &ndash; [[Kūkai]], Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of [[Shingon|Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism]] (b. 774)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hakeda Yoshito S.|title=Kūkai : Major Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGtbmTMf3r4C|year=1972|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-23103-627-6|pages=59}}</ref>
* [[846]] &ndash; [[Emperor Wuzong of Tang|Wuzong]], Chinese emperor (b. 814)
*[[1208]] &ndash; [[Philip of Poitou]], Prince-Bishop of Durham
*[[1322]] &ndash; [[Francis of Fabriano]], Italian writer (b. 1251)
*[[1355]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Woodstock]], countess regent of Guelders, eldest daughter of King [[Edward II of England]] (b. 1318)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=173 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA173 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg]], Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (b. 1550)
===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Miguel de Cervantes]], Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1547)
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Georg Stiernhielm]], Swedish linguist and poet (b. 1598)
*[[1699]] &ndash; [[Hans Erasmus Aßmann]], German poet (b. 1646)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Antoine de Jussieu]], French botanist and physician (b. 1686) 
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[James Hargreaves]], British inventor (b. 1720) 
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Charles Villeneuve]], French admiral (b. 1763)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Gregory V of Constantinople]], Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Richard Trevithick]], English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Robert Faehlmann]], Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Nicolás Bravo]], Mexican general and politician, 11th [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1786)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Martín Carrera]], Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/martin-carrera/|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|title=MARTÍN CARRERA|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528043200/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/martin-carrera/|archive-date=May 28, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[James P. Kirkwood]], Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Édouard Lalo]], French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Chaim Aronson]], Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Kostas Krystallis]], Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Thomas Meik]], English engineer, founded [[Halcrow Group]] (b. 1812)
===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Henry Campbell-Bannerman]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1836)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[André Caplet]], French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Henry Lerolle]], French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Oslay]], Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Henry Royce]], English engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Rolls-Royce Limited]] (b. 1863)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Cauer]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Käthe Kollwitz]], German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Charles Hamilton Houston]], American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Horace Donisthorpe]], English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Will Geer]], American actor (b. 1902)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jane Froman]], American actress and singer (b. 1907)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Fritz Strassmann]], German chemist and physicist (b. 1902)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Earl Hines]], American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Ansel Adams]], American photographer and environmentalist (b. 1902)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Paul Hugh Emmett]], American chemist and academic (b. 1900)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Jacques Ferron]], Canadian physician and author (b. 1921)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Mircea Eliade]], Romanian historian and author (b. 1907)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Erika Nõva]], Estonian architect (b. 1905)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Grigori Kuzmin]], Russian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1917)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Irene Rich]], American actress (b. 1891)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Emilio G. Segrè]], Italian-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Albert Salmi]], American actor (b. 1928)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Richard Nixon]], 37th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1913)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Jane Kenyon]], American poet and author (b. 1947)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Erma Bombeck]], American journalist and author (b. 1927)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Jug McSpaden]], American golfer and architect (b. 1908)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Munir Ahmad Khan]], Pakistani nuclear engineer (b. 1926)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Felice Bryant]], American songwriter (b. 1925)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Erika Fuchs]], German translator (b. 1906)<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 April 2010 |title=22. April 2010 - Vor 5 Jahren: Comic-Übersetzerin Erika Fuchs stirbt in München |language=de |work=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] |url=https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag5152.html |url-status=live |access-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229185318/https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag5152.html |archive-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; [[Philip Morrison]], American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Eduardo Paolozzi]], Scottish sculptor and artist (b. 1924)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Henriette Avram]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Alida Valli]], Italian actress (b. 1921)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Juanita Millender-McDonald]], American educator and politician (b. 1938)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Jack Cardiff]], British cinematographer, director and photographer (b. 1914)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Richard Barrett (lawyer)|Richard Barrett]], American lawyer and activist (b. 1943)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[George Rathmann]], American chemist, biologist, and businessman (b. 1927)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Richie Havens]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lalgudi Jayaraman]], Indian violinist and composer (b. 1930)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Robert Suderburg]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Oswaldo Vigas]], Venezuelan painter (b. 1926)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Dick Balharry]], Scottish environmentalist and photographer (b. 1937)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Donna Williams|Donna Leanne Williams]], Australian writer, artist, and activist (b. 1963)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Shirley Knight]], American actress (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dagan|first=Carmel|date=2020-04-22|title=Shirley Knight, Oscar Nominee and 'Sweet Bird of Youth' Actress, Dies at 83|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/shirley-knight-dead-dies-sweet-bird-of-youth-1234587413/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619151612/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/shirley-knight-dead-dies-sweet-bird-of-youth-1234587413/|archive-date=2020-06-19|access-date=2021-07-06|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Adrian Garrett]], American professional baseball player (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-23|title=Former major leaguer Adrian Garrett dies at 78|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31318405/former-major-leaguer-adrian-garrett-dies-age-78|access-date=2021-04-26|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Guy Lafleur]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-22|title=Lafleur dies at 70, five-time Cup champion with Canadiens|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/guy-lafleur-dead/c-333289584|access-date=2022-04-22|website=NHL.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Len Goodman]], English ballroom dancer and television personality (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |title=Len Goodman obituary: From the East End to Strictly Come Dancing studio |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58929590 |website=BBC News |access-date=24 April 2023 |date=24 April 2023}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Acepsimas of Hnaita]] and companions ([[Catholic Church]])
**[[Arwald]]
**[[Epipodius and Alexander]]
**[[Hudson Stuck]] ([[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]])
**[[John Muir]] ([[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]])
**[[Opportuna of Montreuil]]
**[[Pope Caius]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catholicreadings.org/catholic-quotes/saint-of-the-day-22-april-pope-saint-caius-i/ |title=Saint of the Day – 22 April – Pope Saint Caius I|date=16 April 2018}}</ref>
**[[Pope Soter]]
**St [[Senorina]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2492 |title=St. Senorina – Saints & Angels – Catholic Online |first=Catholic |last=Online |website=Catholic Online}}</ref>
**[[April 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*Fighter Aviation Day (Brazil)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://anydayguide.com/calendar/4480 |title=Fighter Aviation Day in Brazil Date in the current year: April 22, 2023 |work=AnydayGuide  |access-date=25 March 2023}}</ref> 
*[[Discovery Day]] (Brazil)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://anydayguide.com/calendar/1924 |title=Discovery Day in Brazil / April 22, 2018 |work=AnydayGuide}}</ref>
*[[Earth Day]] ([[International observance]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/ |title=Earth Day 2020 |website=Earth Day}}</ref> and its related observance: [[International Mother Earth Day]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/en/events/motherearthday/ |title=International Mother Earth Day – 22 April |website=www.un.org}}</ref>
*[[Holocaust Remembrance Day (Serbia)]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/country/serbia |title=Serbia – IHRA |website=www.holocaustremembrance.com}}</ref>
*From 2018 onwards, a national day of commemoration for the murdered teenager [[Stephen Lawrence]] (United Kingdom)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43869377 |title=Stephen Lawrence Day to be held annually |date=23 April 2018 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/22 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=22}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/22 Historical Events on April 22]

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