Born on April 22
April 22 birthdays & history
If you were born on April 22, you share a birthday with Vladimir Lenin, Immanuel Kant and Vladimir Nabokov. April 22 babies are Taurus, with diamond as their birthstone and the daisy as their birth flower. April 22 is the 113th day of the year in leap years (112th in other years).
Famous people born on April 22
- 1870Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia
- 1724Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic
- 1899Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic
- 1904J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic
- 1937Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer
- 1957Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1909Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1943Louise Glück, American poet
- 1982Kaká, Brazilian footballer
- 1766Germaine de Staël, French author and political philosopher
What happened on April 22
- 1864U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece, the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust".
- 1876The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia.
- 1885The first meeting of the Colonial Defence Committee, a standing committee of the British Colonial Office, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados.
- 1889At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
- 1906The Paraguayan Regional Workers' Federation, the country's first national trade union federation, was established in Asunción.
- 1906The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens.
- 1918The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian Empire.
- 1969British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
- 1969The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
- 1970The first Earth Day is celebrated.
- 1970Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park.
- 2016The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties.
Also observed on April 22
- Discovery Day (Brazil)
- Earth Day (International observance) and its related observance: International Mother Earth Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is April 22?
People born on April 22 are Taurus. Their birthstone is diamond and their birth flower is the daisy.
Which famous people were born on April 22?
Vladimir Lenin (1870), Immanuel Kant (1724), Vladimir Nabokov (1899), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Jack Nicholson (1937), Donald Tusk (1957) were all born on April 22.
What happened on April 22 in history?
Among other things: in 1970, The first Earth Day is celebrated; in 1970, Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park; in 2016, The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties.
Can I get a newspaper front page from April 22?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any April 22 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “April 22”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.