Vladimir Lenin

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history: April 22nd. One of the many highlights of this day in history is the birth of Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Soviet Union on April 22, 1870. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), was a Russian Marxist revolutionary, author, lawyer, economic theorist, political philosopher, creator of the Soviet Communist Party, leader of the 1917 October Revolution, and founder of the USSR.

BORN APRIL 22ND:
April 22, 1451 – Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)
April 22, 1610 – Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)
April 22, 1658 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (d. 1709)
April 22, 1690 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. 1763)
April 22, 1692 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
April 22, 1707 – Henry Fielding, English author (d. 1754)
April 22, 1711 – Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779)
April 22, 1724 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
April 22, 1744 – James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
April 22, 1766 – Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
April 22, 1812 – Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894)
April 22, 1816 – Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general (d. 1897)
April 22, 1832 – Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day founder (d. 1902)
April 22, 1840 – Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
April 22, 1844 – Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
April 22, 1852 – Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
April 22, 1854 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1943)
April 22, 1860 – Ada Rehan, American stage actress (d. 1916)
April 22, 1868 – Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
April 22, 1870 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1924)
April 22, 1872 – Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954)
April 22, 1873 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945)
April 22, 1876 – Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
April 22, 1876 – Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
April 22, 1881 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970)
April 22, 1884 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. 1939)
April 22, 1886 – Izidor Cankar, Slovenian art historian, essayist and diplomat (d. 1958)
April 22, 1889 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. 1945)
April 22, 1891 – Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
April 22, 1891 – Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989)
April 22, 1891 – Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. 1927)
April 22, 1891 – Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
April 22, 1892 – Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
April 22, 1899 – Vladimir Nabokov novelist, professor, lepidopterist [O.S. 10 April] (d. 1977)
April 22, 1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)
April 22, 1905 – Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. 1991)
April 22, 1906 – Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)
April 22, 1906 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, second in line to the Swedish throne (d. 1947)
April 22, 1907 – Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
April 22, 1909 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate
April 22, 1909 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
April 22, 1910 – Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971)
April 22, 1912 – Kathleen Ferrier, British singer (d. 1953)
April 22, 1914 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (d. 2002)
April 22, 1914 – Michael Wittmann, German soldier (d. 1944)
April 22, 1916 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (d. 1999)
April 22, 1918 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (d. 2008)
April 22, 1918 – William Jay Smith, American poet
April 22, 1919 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001)
April 22, 1919 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist

April 22, 1922 – Charles Mingus, American musician (d. 1979)
April 22, 1922 – Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973)
April 22, 1923 – Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990)
April 22, 1923 – Bettie Page, American model (d. 2008)
April 22, 1923 – Aaron Spelling, American television producer (d. 2006)
April 22, 1925 – George Cole, English actor
April 22, 1926 – Charlotte Rae, American actress
April 22, 1926 – James Stirling, British architect (d. 1992)
April 22, 1927 – Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
April 22, 1927 – Giannis Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
April 22, 1929 – Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician
April 22, 1930 – Enno Penno, Estonian politician
April 22, 1935 – Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
April 22, 1936 – Glen Campbell, American musician
April 22, 1936 – Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
April 22, 1937 – Jack Nicholson, American actor
April 22, 1937 – Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. 2000)
April 22, 1938 – Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
April 22, 1938 – Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and political activist (d. 2009)
April 22, 1939 – Mel Carter, American singer
April 22, 1939 – Jason Miller, American playwright (d. 2001)
April 22, 1939 – Theodor Waigel, German politician and finance minister
April 22, 1943 – Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate
April 22, 1944 – Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. 2007)
April 22, 1945 – Demetrio Stratos, Italian musician (d. 1979)
April 22, 1946 – Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
April 22, 1946 – Louise Harel, Canadian politician
April 22, 1946 – John Waters, American filmmaker
April 22, 1946 – Steven L. Bennett, USAF Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1972)
April 22, 1948 – Larry Groce, American singer and songwriter
April 22, 1950 – Peter Frampton, English musician
April 22, 1950 – Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
April 22, 1951 – Paul Carrack, English musician
April 22, 1951 – Ana María Shua, Argentine poet
April 22, 1952 – François Berléand, French actor
April 22, 1952 – Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (d. 2009)
April 22, 1953 – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
April 22, 1953 – Tom Griswold, American radio personality
April 22, 1955 – Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer
April 22, 1957 – Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister
April 22, 1958 – Ken Olandt, American actor
April 22, 1959 – Terry Francona, American baseball manager
April 22, 1959 – Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
April 22, 1959 – Ryan Stiles, Canadian-born actor
April 22, 1960 – Mart Laar, Estonian statesman
April 22, 1960 – Gary Rhodes, English chef
April 22, 1960 – Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive
April 22, 1960 – Tatiana Thumbtzen, American actress, model and dancer
April 22, 1961 – Dewey Nicks, American photographer and film director
April 22, 1962 – Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
April 22, 1963 – Sean Lock, English comedian
April 22, 1964 – Estelle Asmodelle, actress, model & writer
April 22, 1965 – Lauri Hendler, actress
April 22, 1965 – Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
April 22, 1966 – Fletcher Dragge, American guitarist (Pennywise)
April 22, 1966 – Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005)
April 22, 1966 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
April 22, 1967 – Sheryl Lee, American actress
April 22, 1967 – Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
April 22, 1967 – Harvey Williams, American football player
April 22, 1968 – Bimbo Coles, American basketball player
April 22, 1968 – Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player
April 22, 1969 – Dion Dublin, English footballer
April 22, 1970 – Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player
April 22, 1970 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
April 22, 1971 – Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese space tourist
April 22, 1971 – Eric Mabius, American actor
April 22, 1971 – Ingo Rademacher, German/Australian actor
April 22, 1972 – Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player
April 22, 1972 – Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union footballer
April 22, 1973 – Adem Poric, Australian footballer
April 22, 1973 – Brian Marshall, American bassist (Creed)
April 22, 1973 – Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
April 22, 1973 – Christopher Sabat, American voice actor
April 22, 1974 – Shavo Odadjian, Armenian/American bassist (System of a Down)
April 22, 1975 – Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
April 22, 1975 – Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
April 22, 1976 – Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
April 22, 1976 – Paul Henderson, Australian footballer
April 22, 1976 – Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
April 22, 1977 – Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
April 22, 1977 – Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
April 22, 1977 – Ambra Angiolini, Italian actress
April 22, 1978 – Ezekiel Jackson, Guyanese professional wrestler
April 22, 1978 – Matt Orford, Australian rugby league player
April 22, 1978 – Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
April 22, 1978 – Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
April 22, 1979 – Zoltán Gera, Hungarian footballer
April 22, 1979 – Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)
April 22, 1980 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
April 22, 1980 – Courtney Friel, American sports & entertainment reporter
April 22, 1980 – Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
April 22, 1980 – Kora Karvouni, Greek actress
April 22, 1980 – Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
April 22, 1980 – Clarke Dermody, New Zealand All Black rugby player
April 22, 1981 – Ken Dorsey, American football player
April 22, 1982 – Kaká, Brazilian footballer
April 22, 1982 – David Purcey, American baseball player
April 22, 1982 – Joel Monaghan, Australian Rugby League Player
April 22, 1983 – Matt Jones, American football player
April 22, 1983 – Sam Heads, British entomologist and palaeontologist
April 22, 1983 – Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer
April 22, 1983 – Francis Capra, American actor
April 22, 1983 – Evangelos Mantzios, Greek footballer
April 22, 1984 – Amelle Berrabah, English singer (Sugababes)
April 22, 1984 – Michelle Ryan, English actress
April 22, 1985 – Matt Ballinger, American singer (Dream Street)
April 22, 1986 – Amber Heard, American actress
April 22, 1986 – Marshawn Lynch, American football player
April 22, 1986 – Dušan Šakota, Serbian/Greek basketball player
April 22, 1987 – David Luiz, Brazilian footballer
April 22, 1987 – Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer
April 22, 1988 – Amadou Samb, Senegalese footballer
April 22, 1989 – Dejuan Blair, American basketball player
April 22, 1989 – Thomas James Longley, British actor
April 22, 1990 – Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler

DIED APRIL 22ND:
April 22, 296 – Pope Caius
April 22, 455 – Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor
April 22, 536 – Pope Agapetus I
April 22, 1592 – Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (b. 1511)
April 22, 1672 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598)
April 22, 1699 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (b. 1646)
April 22, 1758 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
April 22, 1778 – James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. 1720)
April 22, 1806 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
April 22, 1833 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor (b. 1771)
April 22, 1839 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
April 22, 1854 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
April 22, 1877 – James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)
April 22, 1892 – Edouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823)
April 22, 1893 – Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor and academic (b. 1825)
April 22, 1896 – Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)
April 22, 1908 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
April 22, 1925 – André Caplet, French composer (b. 1878)
April 22, 1929 – Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
April 22, 1930 – Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
April 22, 1933 – Sir Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)
April 22, 1944 – Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (b. 1913)
April 22, 1945 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. 1900)
April 22, 1945 – Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (b. 1867)
April 22, 1946 – Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1872)
April 22, 1946 – Lionel Atwill, English actor (b. 1885)
April 22, 1950 – Charles Hamilton Houston, American civil rights attorney (b. 1895)
April 22, 1951 – Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
April 22, 1968 – Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
April 22, 1978 – Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
April 22, 1980 – Jane Froman, American actress (b. 1907)
April 22, 1980 – Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b. 1902)
April 22, 1983 – Viviana Tenjo, The best sister ever!
April 22, 1983 – Earl “Fatha” Hines, American jazz pianist (b. 1903)
April 22, 1983 – John Louis Evans, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1950)
April 22, 1984 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
April 22, 1985 – Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
April 22, 1985 – Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician, author and politician (b. 1921)
April 22, 1986 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. 1907)
April 22, 1988 – Irene Rich, American actress (b. 1891)
April 22, 1990 – Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
April 22, 1994 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)
April 22, 1995 – Maggie Kuhn, American activist (b. 1905)
April 22, 1996 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist (b. 1927)
April 22, 1996 – Harold “Jug” McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
April 22, 1998 – Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
April 22, 1999 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
April 22, 1999 – Chan Canasta, Polish-British magician and mindreader (b. 1920)
April 22, 2002 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress (b. 1949)
April 22, 2003 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
April 22, 2003 – Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
April 22, 2003 – Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
April 22, 2004 – Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
April 22, 2004 – Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
April 22, 2005 – Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
April 22, 2005 – Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
April 22, 2005 – Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
April 22, 2005 – Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
April 22, 2006 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
April 22, 2007 – Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938)
April 22, 2008 – Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)

APRIL 22ND MEMORABLE EVENTS:
April 22, 238 – Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
April 22, 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
April 22, 1529 – Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
April 22, 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl sees the Austrian army defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube at Regensburg.
April 22, 1836 – Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
April 22, 1863 – American Civil War: Grierson’s Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
April 22, 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.
April 22, 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.
April 22, 1898 – Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
April 22, 1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
April 22, 1912 – Establishment of Tsinghua University in mainland China.
April 22, 1911 – Pravda, the “voice” of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
April 22, 1915 – 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.
April 22, 1930 – The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
April 22, 1944 – World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
April 22, 1945 – World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape.
April 22, 1945 – World War II: Fuehrerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
April 22, 1954 – Red Scare: The Army-McCarthy Hearings begin.
April 22, 1964 – The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair opens for its first season.
April 22, 1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
April 22, 1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.
April 22, 1972 – Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
April 22, 1979 – The Albert Einstein Memorial is unveiled at The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.
April 22, 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.
April 22, 1991 – The Social Democratic Party of Albania is founded.
April 22, 1992 – In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
April 22, 1993 – The Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
April 22, 1993 – Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.
April 22, 1997 – Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria – 93 villagers killed.
April 22, 1997 – The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
April 22, 1998 – Disney’s Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
April 22, 2000 – In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives’ home in Miami, Florida.
April 22, 2000 – The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
April 22, 2000 – Second Battle of Elephant Pass, Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years.
April 22, 2004 – Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
April 22, 2005 – Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologized about Japan’s war records.
April 22, 2006 – 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.
April 22, 2008 – The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
April 22, 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.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:

“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” (Vladimir Lenin)