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Daily Calendar for Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Born

  • Queen Isabella I of Spain –
  • Reverend Eleazar Wheelock (founded Dartmouth College) –
  • Julius Sterling Morton (Arbor Day founder) –
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer (physicist) –
  • Aaron Spelling (American television producer ) –
  • Charlotte Rae (actress) –
  • Glen Campbell (country musician) –
  • Jack Nicholson (actor) –
  • Peter Frampton (musician) –
  • Ryan Stiles (comedian & actor) –

Died

  • Ansel Adams (photographer) –
  • Richard M. Nixon (37th U.S. president) –
  • Erma Bombeck (humorist) –
  • Pat Tillman (Former NFL player, was killed while serving as an Army Rangers soldier in Afghanistan. Tillman walked away from a $3.6 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the military after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S.) –

Events

  • U.S. Proclamation of Neutrality issued–
  • Sirius became first ship to complete trek across Atlantic solely by steam–
  • First White House Easter Egg Roll–
  • Every student in Nebraska City, Nebraska planted at least one tree in honor of the first official Arbor Day, which was founded by Julius Sterling Morton–
  • Oklahoma land rush began–
  • Symphony Society of N.Y. began first European tour by U.S. orchestra–
  • Ray Keech drove 207,552 mph in the White Triplex car–
  • Jacques Cousteau granted patent for diving apparatus–
  • Lester Pearson inaugurated as prime minister of Canada–
  • Doctors in Houston, Texas, performed the first substantial human eye transplant–
  • The first Earth Day was celebrated in the United States–
  • The Blues Brothers made their first appearance on Saturday Night Live–
  • In Washington, D.C., the Albert Einstein memorial was unveiled on the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences–
  • The Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C.–
  • Red Sox players Manny Ramirez, J. D. Drew, Mike Lowell, and Jason Varitek hit 4 consecutive home runs. This was a first in Red Sox history–

Weather

  • It rained geese in Elgin, Manitoba, after 52 flying geese were struck by lightning.–
  • Sixteen inches of snow fell in Sheridan, Wyoming–
  • The Red River crested at 54.35 feet in Grand Forks, North Dakota–

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