On This day April 22nd

O.T.DApril 22nd is the one-hundred-thirteenth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 253 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.

1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.

1836 – Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identified Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly gave away his identity.

1876 – The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia.

1889 – At noon, thousands rushed to claim land during the Land Rush 1889. Within hours, the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie will be formed, with populations of at least 10,000.

1915 – World War I: 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.

1930 – The United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States signed the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.

1969—British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo nonstop circumnavigation of the world.

1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.

1977 – Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

2016 – The Paris Agreement was signed to help fight global warming.

 

Birthdays

1592 – Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635)

1707 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (d. 1754)

1858 – Ethel Smyth, English composer (d. 1944)

1870 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (d. 1924). Huh, odd, it’s also Earth Day. It’s almost like Earth Day, which was a sneaky way to get the world to celebrate his birthday, which is a Marxist ideal. I hope he is sharing a fire pit with Hitler.

1891 – Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)

1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1967)

1922 – Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1979)

1943 – Janet Evanovich, American author

1990 – Kevin Kiermaier, American baseball player.

 

Holidays And Observance

April Showers Day

April Showers Day stands out among American holidays as a unique celebration from the creative minds at 123greetings.com. Its exact year of establishment remains a mystery, adding to its intrigue. The term “April Showers” is familiar in the United Kingdom and Ireland, describing the heavy and rapid rain showers typical of April weather in the northern hemisphere, particularly in the British Isles. These showers are caused by the jet stream’s northward movement.

Winter in the Northern Hemisphere lasts from the December solstice, which occurs oDecember 2121 U.T.C., through the March equinox oMarch 2020 U.T.C. As temperatures rise in Western New York, the last bit of snow melts and turns to rain, igniting the beginnings of flowers and plants blooming in the area. This year, the most minor possibility of rain in the U.K. falls betweeApril 2121 anApril 2727. The average sliding 31-day rainfall in April is also relatively low, ranging from 1.3 to 1.8 inches (between 3.3 to 4.6 centimeters).

The saying “March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers” carries a deep historical significance, first documented in English-speaking countries in 1886. The shorter, trochaic variant “April showers bring May flowers,” originally “Sweet April showers/Do spring May flowers,” was part of a poem published in 1610. The phrase is even mentioned in the General Prologue of “The Canterbury Tales.” So this April Showers Day, get out your umbrella and rain shoes, and let’s stand outside to witness a fantastic downpour — don’t forget your raincoat!

 

Others Include.

Chemists  Day

Earth Day

Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day

Global Selfie Earth Day

In God We Trust Day

National Jelly Bean Day

Oklahoma Day