History for April 22 - On-This-Day.com:
Immanuel Kant 1724 - Philosopher, Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924), J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 - Physicist, designed and built the first atomic bomb
Eddie Albert (Edward Albert Heimberger) 1908 - Actor ("Green Acres"), Glen Campbell 1936 - Singer, actor, Jack Nicholson (John Joseph) 1937 - Actor ("The Shining", "Batman", "The Witches of Eastwicke", "A Few Good Men")
1509 - Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England upon the death of his father Henry VII.
1861 - Robert E. Lee was named commander of Virginia forces.
1864 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed the inscription "In God We Trust" to be included on one-cent and two-cent coins.
1889 - At noon, the Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land.
1915 - At the Second Battle Ypres the Germans became the first country to use poison gas.
1976 - Barbara Walters became first female nightly network news anchor.
1987 - The American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.
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