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TODAY IN HISTORY

April 22

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Day 111 of 2026 | Week 17 | 248 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2025

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.

2
2020

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.

3
2016

The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.

4
2005

Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.

5
1993

Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.

6
1992

A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206.

7
1977

Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

8
1974

Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board.

9
1970

The first Earth Day is celebrated.

10
1970

Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1999 Finn Allen

New Zealand cricket batsman (fastest century in T20 WC history 100no in 33 balls v RSA 2026)

1997 Jill Roord

Dutch football player (Manchester City

1990 Aristos Petrou

American rapper nd record producer ($uicideboy$)

1987 David Luiz Moreira Marinho

Brazilian football player (Chelsea

1985 Sam Altman

American entrepreneur (co-founder and CEO OpenAI)

1984 Amelle Berrabah

Moroccan-British singer (Sugababes - "Round

1984 Michelle Ryan

British actress (Zoe Slater in "EastEnders")

1980 Aaron Metchnik

American actor (Stephen-Torkelsons)

1980 Courtney Friel

American television anchor and presenter of World Poker Tour

1978 Jason Stollsteimer

American indie-rock singer-songwriter (The Von Bondies)

1978 Paul Malakwen Kosgei

Kenyan long-distance and marathon runner

1977 Aaron Fink

American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin

1974 Shavo Odadjian

Armenian-American heavy metal bassist (System of a Down)

1972 Owen Finegan

Australian rugby union flanker (56 caps; ACT Brumbies

1971 Daisuke Enomoto

Japanese businessman and failed space tourist who sued after being prevented from going to space on medical grounds

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