April 22nd

April 22 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 243 days remaining until the end of time.

1823 R. J. Tyers patents roller skates

1864 The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency starting with the new 2¢ coin.

 

1876 Tchaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet

1970 1st Earth Day is held internationally to observe conserving natural resources.  Fuckin' hippies.

1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show

1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor

1983 The German magazine Der Stern claims that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.

1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500

2000 Elian Gonzalez is snatched by a SWAT team from his Florida relatives to return him to his father in Cuba

2010 Deepwater Horizon, an oil rig owned by BP and Transocean, sinks to the bottom of the Gulf Of Mexico after having a blowout two days earlier. The well then created the largest oil spill in U.S. history by constantly gushing oil through the damaged wellhead.

1724 Immanuel Kant, asexual Prussian philosopher 

1874 Vladimir Lenin, kinky Russian revolutionary/first leader of Soviet Union 

1937 Jack Nicholson, the coolest US actor on the planet 

1946 John Waters, gay US filmmaker 

1952 Marilyn Chambers, legendary US actress

1953 Steve Bond [Shlomo Goldberg], Israeli actor/Playgirl model 

1954 Joseph Bottoms, US actor 

1958 Ken Olandt, US actor/producer 

1966 Jeffrey Dean Morgan, US actor 

1971 Eric Mabius, US actor

1982 Kaká, Brazilian footballer

1984 Gerald Gambetta, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1990 Dev Patel, English actor 

1933 Frederick Henry Royce, English motorcar pioneer, rolls

1978 Will Geer [William Aughe Ghere], gay US actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), loses the fight for life

1989 Huey Newton, US activist/Black Panther leader, doth protest too much.

1994 Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th US President (1969-75)/1st removed from office, finds St. Peter standing at the Water Gate.

2002 Linda Lovelace, US actress (Deep Throat), is the poster girl for tea-bagging

2004 Pat Tillman, US pro football player/soldier, is martyred on the altar of George W. Bush.

2010 Ambrose Olsen, US fashion model, holds a pose.