Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic. Date: April 22, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206. Date: April 22, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham. Date: April 22, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. Date: April 22, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming. Date: April 22, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history. Date: April 22, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in…
At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack. Date: April 22, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on…
Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz. Date: April 21, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. Date: April 21, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis. Date: April 21, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)