This Day In History
April 22
John Paul Jones leads American raid on Whitehaven, England Union raid cuts Mississippi telegraph wires Ellen Glasgow, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, is born Seduction is made illegal The Oklahoma land rush begins Germans introduce poison gas Second Battle of Ypres begins Rolls-Royce co-founder dies An FBI agent is killed in a gangster raid Jack Nicholson born Americans launch Operation Persecution in the Pacific Hitler admits defeat McCarthy Army hearings begin South Vietnamese have increased combat capabilities The first Earth Day Antiwar demonstrations held The Blues Brothers make their world premiere on Saturday Night Live Sewers explode in Guadalajara Former President Richard Nixon dies Fujimori orders assault on Japanese ambassador's home Pat Tillman killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan
John Paul Jones leads American raid on Whitehaven, England Union raid cuts Mississippi telegraph wires Ellen Glasgow, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, is born Seduction is made illegal The Oklahoma land rush begins Germans introduce poison gas Second Battle of Ypres begins Rolls-Royce co-founder dies An FBI agent is killed in a gangster raid Jack Nicholson born Americans launch Operation Persecution in the Pacific Hitler admits defeat McCarthy Army hearings begin South Vietnamese have increased combat capabilities The first Earth Day Antiwar demonstrations held The Blues Brothers make their world premiere on Saturday Night Live Sewers explode in Guadalajara Former President Richard Nixon dies Fujimori orders assault on Japanese ambassador's home Pat Tillman killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan
