Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 22
April 22, 2024 is the 113th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 22
- 1500 –Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
- 1529 –Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
- 1809 –The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: the Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Grierson’s Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
- 1889 –At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
- 1906 –The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
- 1944 –The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with CSAR operations in the China-Burma-India theater.
- 1944 –World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
- 1945 –World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape.
- 1970 –The first Earth Day is celebrated.
Who were born on April 22?
- 1692 –James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
- 1744 –James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
- 1899 –Vladimir Nabokov novelist, professor, lepidopterist [O.S. 10 April] (d. 1977)
- 1909 –Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate
- 1926 –James Stirling, British architect (d. 1992)
- 1937 –Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. 2000)
- 1970 –Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
- 1971 –Ingo Rademacher, German-Australian actor
- 1977 –Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
- 1984 –Michelle Ryan, English actress
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