April 22

history

Events

Births

  • 1451 – Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)
  • 1610 – Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)
  • 1658 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (d. 1709)
  • 1690 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. 1763)
  • 1692 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
  • 1707 – Henry Fielding, English author (d. 1754)
  • 1711 – Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779)
  • 1724 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
  • 1744 – James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
  • 1766 – Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
  • 1812 – Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894)
  • 1816 – Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general (d. 1897)
  • 1832 – Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day founder (d. 1902)
  • 1840 – Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
  • 1844 – Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
  • 1852 – Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
  • 1854 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1943)
  • 1860 – Ada Rehan, American stage actress (d. 1916)
  • 1868 – Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
  • 1870 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1924)
  • 1872 – Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954)
  • 1873 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945)
  • 1876 – Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
  • 1876 – Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
  • 1881 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970)
  • 1884 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. 1939)
  • 1886 – Izidor Cankar, Slovenian art historian, essayist and diplomat (d. 1958)
  • 1889 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. 1945)
  • 1891 – Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
  • 1891 – Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989)
  • 1891 – Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. 1927)
  • 1891 – Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
  • 1892 – Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
  • 1904 – Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)
  • 1905 – Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. 1991)
  • 1906 – Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)
  • 1906 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, second in line to the Swedish throne (d. 1946)
  • 1907 – Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
  • 1909 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate
  • 1909 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
  • 1910 – Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971)
  • 1912 – Kathleen Ferrier, British singer (d. 1953)
  • 1914 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (d. 2002)
  • 1914 – Michael Wittmann, German soldier and tank ace (d. 1944)
  • 1916 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (d. 1999)
  • 1918 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (d. 2008)
  • 1919 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001)
  • 1919 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist
  • 1922 – Charles Mingus, American musician (d. 1979)
  • 1922 – Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973)
  • 1923 – Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990)
  • 1923 – Bettie Page, American model (d. 2008)
  • 1923 – Aaron Spelling, American television producer (d. 2006)
  • 1925 – George Cole, English actor
  • 1926 – Charlotte Rae, American actress
  • 1926 – James Stirling, British architect (d. 1992)
  • 1927 – Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
  • 1929 – Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician
  • 1935 – Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
  • 1936 – Glen Campbell, American musician
  • 1936 – Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
  • 1937 – Jack Nicholson, American actor
  • 1937 – Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. 2000)
  • 1938 – Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
  • 1939 – Mel Carter, American singer
  • 1939 – Jason Miller, American playwright (d. 2001)
  • 1939 – Theodor Waigel, German politician and finance minister
  • 1943 – Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate
  • 1944 – Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. 2007)
  • 1946 – Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
  • 1946 – Louise Harel, Canadian politician
  • 1946 – John Waters, American film writer
  • 1946 – Steven L. Bennett, USAF Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1972)
  • 1948 – Larry Groce, American singer & songwriter
  • 1950 – Peter Frampton, English musician
  • 1950 – Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
  • 1951 – Paul Carrack, English musician
  • 1951 – Ana María Shua, Argentine poet
  • 1952 – François Berléand, French actor
  • 1952 – Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (d. 2009)
  • 1953 – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
  • 1953 – Tom Griswold, American radio personality
  • 1955 – Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer
  • 1957 – Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister
  • 1958 – Ken Olandt, American actor
  • 1959 – Terry Francona, American baseball manager
  • 1959 – Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
  • 1959 – Ryan Stiles, Canadian-born actor
  • 1960 – Mart Laar, Estonian statesman
  • 1960 – Gary Rhodes, English chef
  • 1960 – Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive
  • 1961 – Dewey Nicks, American photographer and film director
  • 1962 – Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
  • 1963 – Sean Lock, English comedian
  • 1964 – Estelle Asmodelle, actress, model & writer
  • 1965 – Lauri Hendler, actress
  • 1965 – Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1966 – Fletcher Dragge, American guitarist (Pennywise)
  • 1966 – Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005)
  • 1966 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
  • 1967 – Sheryl Lee, American actress
  • 1967 – Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
  • 1967 – Harvey Williams, American football player
  • 1968 – Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1969 – Dion Dublin, English footballer
  • 1970 – Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player
  • 1970 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
  • 1971 – Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese space tourist
  • 1971 – Eric Mabius, American actor
  • 1971 – Ingo Rademacher, German-Australian actor
  • 1972 – Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player
  • 1972 – Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union footballer
  • 1973 – Adem Poric, Australian footballer
  • 1973 – Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
  • 1973 – Christopher Sabat, American voice actor
  • 1974 – Diego Costa, Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • 1974 – Shavo Odadjian, Armenian/American bassist (System of a Down)
  • 1975 – Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
  • 1975 – Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
  • 1976 – Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1976 – Paul Henderson, Australian footballer
  • 1976 – Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
  • 1977 – Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
  • 1977 – Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
  • 1977 – Ambra Angiolini, Italian actress
  • 1978 – Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
  • 1978 – Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
  • 1979 – Zoltán Gera, Hungarian footballer
  • 1979 – Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)
  • 1980 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
  • 1980 – Courtney Friel, American sports & entertainment reporter
  • 1980 – Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1980 – Kora Karvouni, Greek actress
  • 1980 – Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
  • 1980 – Dejuan Blair, Professional basketball player
  • 1981 – Ken Dorsey, American football player
  • 1982 – Tim Hamilton, Czech pornographic actor
  • 1982 – Kaká, Brazilian footballer
  • 1982 – David Purcey, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Matt Jones, American football player
  • 1983 – Sam Heads, British entomologist and palaeontologist
  • 1983 – Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer
  • 1983 – Evangelos Mantzios, Greek footballer
  • 1983 – Natalie White, Winner of
  • 1984 – Michelle Ryan, English actress
  • 1984 – Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)
  • 1985 – Matt Ballinger, American singer (Dream Street)
  • 1986 – Amber Heard, American actress
  • 1986 – Marshawn Lynch, American football player
  • 1986 – Dusan Sakota, Serbian/Greek basketball player
  • 1987 – John Obi Mikel, Nigerian footballer

Deaths

  • 296 – Pope Caius
  • 455 – Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor
  • 536 – Pope Agapetus I
  • 1592 – Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (b. 1511)
  • 1672 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598)
  • 1699 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (b. 1646)
  • 1758 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
  • 1778 – James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. 1720)
  • 1806 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
  • 1833 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor (b. 1771)
  • 1839 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
  • 1854 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
  • 1877 – James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)
  • 1892 – Edouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823)
  • 1893 – Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825)
  • 1896 – Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)
  • 1908 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
  • 1925 – André Caplet, French composer (b. 1878)
  • 1929 – Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
  • 1930 – Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
  • 1933 – Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)
  • 1944 – Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (b. 1913)
  • 1945 – Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (b. 1867)
  • 1945 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. 1900)
  • 1946 – Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1872)
  • 1946 – Lionel Atwill, English Actor (b. 1885)
  • 1951 – Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
  • 1968 – Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
  • 1978 – Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
  • 1980 – Jane Froman, American actress (b. 1907)
  • 1980 – Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b. 1902)
  • 1983 – Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist (b. 1903)
  • 1983 – John Louis Evans, convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1950)
  • 1984 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
  • 1985 – Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
  • 1985 – Jacques Ferron, French Canadian physician, author and politician (b. 1921)
  • 1986 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. 1907)
  • 1988 – Irene Rich, American actress (b. 1891)
  • 1990 – Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
  • 1994 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)
  • 1995 – Maggie Kuhn, American activist (b. 1905)
  • 1996 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist (b. 1927)
  • 1996 – Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
  • 1998 – Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
  • 1999 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
  • 1999 – Chan Canasta, magician and mindreader (b. 1920)
  • 2002 – Linda Lovelace, American adult actress (b. 1949)
  • 2003 – Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
  • 2003 – Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
  • 2003 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
  • 2004 – Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
  • 2004 – Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
  • 2005 – Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
  • 2005 – Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
  • 2005 – Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
  • 2005 – Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
  • 2006 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
  • 2007 – Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938)
  • 2008 – Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)

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