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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 22nd of April 0238 | EVENT | Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne. |
| 22nd of April 1500 | EVENT | Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. |
| 22nd of April 1529 | EVENT | Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17? east of the Moluccas. |
| 22nd of April 1809 | EVENT | The second day of the Battle of Eckmuhl: the Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube at Regensburg. |
| 22nd of April 1836 | EVENT | Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. |
| 22nd of April 1863 | EVENT | American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins : troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi. |
| 22nd of April 1864 | EVENT | The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. |
| 22nd of April 1889 | EVENT | At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000. |
| 22nd of April 1898 | EVENT | Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship. |
| 22nd of April 1906 | EVENT | The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens. |
| 22nd of April 1912 | EVENT | Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg. |
| 22nd of April 1912 | EVENT | Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded. |
| 22nd of April 1915 | EVENT | The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres. |
| 22nd of April 1930 | EVENT | The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. |
| 22nd of April 1944 | EVENT | World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated : Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. |
| 22nd of April 1945 | EVENT | World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. 520 are killed and 80 escape. |
| 22nd of April 1945 | EVENT | World War II: Fuehrerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse. |
| 22nd of April 1948 | EVENT | 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces. |
| 22nd of April 1954 | EVENT | Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begins. |
| 22nd of April 1964 | EVENT | The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season. |
| 22nd of April 1969 | EVENT | British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world. |
| 22nd of April 1970 | EVENT | The first Earth Day is celebrated. |
| 22nd of April 1972 | EVENT | Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. |
| 22nd of April 1983 | EVENT | The German magazine Der Stern claims that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries. |
| 22nd of April 1992 | EVENT | In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless. |
| 22nd of April 1993 | EVENT | Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released. |
| 22nd of April 1997 | EVENT | Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria : 93 villagers killed. |
| 22nd of April 1997 | EVENT | The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru. |
| 22nd of April 1998 | EVENT | Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. |
| 22nd of April 2000 | EVENT | In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elian Gonzalez from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida. |
| 22nd of April 2000 | EVENT | The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom. |
| 22nd of April 2000 | EVENT | Second Battle of Elephant Pass: Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years. |
| 22nd of April 2004 | EVENT | Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people. |
| 22nd of April 2005 | EVENT | Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. |
| 22nd of April 2006 | EVENT | 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra. |
| 22nd of April 2008 | EVENT | The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service. |
| 22nd of April 2010 | EVENT | Deepwater Horizon, an oil rig owned by BP and Transocean, sinks to the bottom of the Gulf Of Mexico after having a blowout two days earlier. The well then created the largest oil spill in U.S. history by constantly gushing oil through the damaged wellhead. |
| 22nd of April 1451 | BIRTHDAY | Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504) |
| 22nd of April 1592 | BIRTHDAY | Wilhelm Schickard, German mathematician who invented a calculating machine (d. 1635) |
| 22nd of April 1610 | BIRTHDAY | Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691) |
| 22nd of April 1658 | BIRTHDAY | Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (d. 1709) |
| 22nd of April 1690 | BIRTHDAY | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. 1763) |
| 22nd of April 1692 | BIRTHDAY | James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770) |
| 22nd of April 1707 | BIRTHDAY | Henry Fielding, English author (d. 1754) |
| 22nd of April 1711 | BIRTHDAY | Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779) |
| 22nd of April 1724 | BIRTHDAY | Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804) |
| 22nd of April 1744 | BIRTHDAY | James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808) |
| 22nd of April 1766 | BIRTHDAY | Madame de Stael, French author (d. 1817) |
| 22nd of April 1812 | BIRTHDAY | Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894) |
| 22nd of April 1816 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general (d. 1897) |
| 22nd of April 1832 | BIRTHDAY | Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day founder (d. 1902) |
| 22nd of April 1840 | BIRTHDAY | Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916) |
| 22nd of April 1844 | BIRTHDAY | Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865) |
| 22nd of April 1852 | BIRTHDAY | Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912) |
| 22nd of April 1854 | BIRTHDAY | Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1943) |
| 22nd of April 1860 | BIRTHDAY | Ada Rehan, American stage actress (d. 1916) |
| 22nd of April 1868 | BIRTHDAY | Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924) |
| 22nd of April 1870 | BIRTHDAY | Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1924) |
| 22nd of April 1872 | BIRTHDAY | Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954) |
| 22nd of April 1873 | BIRTHDAY | Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945) |
| 22nd of April 1876 | BIRTHDAY | Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920) |
| 22nd of April 1876 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Barany, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1936) |
| 22nd of April 1881 | BIRTHDAY | Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970) |
| 22nd of April 1884 | BIRTHDAY | Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. 1939) |
| 22nd of April 1886 | BIRTHDAY | Izidor Cankar, Slovenian art historian, essayist and diplomat (d. 1958) |
| 22nd of April 1889 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Glucks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. 1945) |
| 22nd of April 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989) |
| 22nd of April 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979) |
| 22nd of April 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. 1927) |
| 22nd of April 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965) |
| 22nd of April 1892 | BIRTHDAY | Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965) |
| 22nd of April 1899 | BIRTHDAY | Vladimir Nabokov novelist, professor, lepidopterist [O.S. 10 April] (d. 1977) |
| 22nd of April 1904 | BIRTHDAY | J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967) |
| 22nd of April 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. 1991) |
| 22nd of April 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Vasterbotten, second in line to the Swedish throne (d. 1947) |
| 22nd of April 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005) |
| 22nd of April 1907 | BIRTHDAY | Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972) |
| 22nd of April 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate |
| 22nd of April 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001) |
| 22nd of April 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971) |
| 22nd of April 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Kathleen Ferrier, British singer (d. 1953) |
| 22nd of April 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (d. 2002) |
| 22nd of April 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Wittmann, German soldier (d. 1944) |
| 22nd of April 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (d. 1999) |
| 22nd of April 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (d. 2008) |
| 22nd of April 1918 | BIRTHDAY | William Jay Smith, American poet |
| 22nd of April 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001) |
| 22nd of April 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist |
| 22nd of April 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Diebenkorn, American artist (d. 1993) |
| 22nd of April 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Mingus, American musician (d. 1979) |
| 22nd of April 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973) |
| 22nd of April 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990) |
| 22nd of April 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Spelling, American television producer (d. 2006) |
| 22nd of April 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Bettie Page, American model (d. 2008) |
| 22nd of April 1925 | BIRTHDAY | George Cole, English actor |
| 22nd of April 1926 | BIRTHDAY | James Stirling, British architect (d. 1992) |
| 22nd of April 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Charlotte Rae, American actress |
| 22nd of April 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005) |
| 22nd of April 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Giannis Mihalopoulos, Greek actor |
| 22nd of April 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician |
| 22nd of April 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Enno Penno, Estonian politician |
| 22nd of April 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969) |
| 22nd of April 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Glen Campbell, American musician |
| 22nd of April 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre Hetu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998) |
| 22nd of April 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. 2000) |
| 22nd of April 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Nicholson, American actor |
| 22nd of April 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Adam Raphael, English journalist and author |
| 22nd of April 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and political activist (d. 2009) |
| 22nd of April 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Mel Carter, American singer |
| 22nd of April 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Miller, American playwright (d. 2001) |
| 22nd of April 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Theodor Waigel, German politician and finance minister |
| 22nd of April 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Louise Gluck, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate |
| 22nd of April 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. 2007) |
| 22nd of April 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Demetrio Stratos, Italian musician (d. 1979) |
| 22nd of April 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Nicole Garcia, French actress and director |
| 22nd of April 1946 | BIRTHDAY | John Waters, American filmmaker |
| 22nd of April 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Louise Harel, Canadian politician |
| 22nd of April 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Steven L. Bennett, USAF Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1972) |
| 22nd of April 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Larry Groce, American singer and songwriter |
| 22nd of April 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Frampton, English musician |
| 22nd of April 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings |
| 22nd of April 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Ana Maria Shua, Argentine poet |
| 22nd of April 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Carrack, English musician |
| 22nd of April 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Francois Berleand, French actor |
| 22nd of April 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (d. 2009) |
| 22nd of April 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Griswold, American radio personality |
| 22nd of April 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer |
| 22nd of April 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer |
| 22nd of April 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister |
| 22nd of April 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Ken Olandt, American actor |
| 22nd of April 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress |
| 22nd of April 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Ryan Stiles, Canadian-born actor |
| 22nd of April 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Terry Francona, American baseball manager |
| 22nd of April 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Mart Laar, Estonian statesman |
| 22nd of April 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Gary Rhodes, English chef |
| 22nd of April 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Tatiana Thumbtzen, American actress, model and dancer |
| 22nd of April 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive |
| 22nd of April 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Dewey Nicks, American photographer and film director |
| 22nd of April 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Jeff Minter, English video game programmer |
| 22nd of April 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Sean Lock, English comedian |
| 22nd of April 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Estelle Asmodelle, actress, model & writer |
| 22nd of April 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Lauri Hendler, actress |
| 22nd of April 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 22nd of April 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Fletcher Dragge, American guitarist (Pennywise) |
| 22nd of April 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005) |
| 22nd of April 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Mickey Morandini, Amercian baseball player and manager |
| 22nd of April 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor |
| 22nd of April 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress |
| 22nd of April 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Sheryl Lee, American actress |
| 22nd of April 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Harvey Williams, American football player |
| 22nd of April 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 22nd of April 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Bimbo Coles, American basketball player |
| 22nd of April 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Dion Dublin, English footballer |
| 22nd of April 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player |
| 22nd of April 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress |
| 22nd of April 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese space tourist |
| 22nd of April 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Eric Mabius, American actor |
| 22nd of April 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Ingo Rademacher, German/Australian actor |
| 22nd of April 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union footballer |
| 22nd of April 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player |
| 22nd of April 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Milka Duno, Venezuelan race car driver |
| 22nd of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Adem Poric, Australian footballer |
| 22nd of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Brian Marshall, American bassist (Creed) |
| 22nd of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Christopher Sabat, American voice actor |
| 22nd of April 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer |
| 22nd of April 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Shavo Odadjian, Armenian/American bassist (System of a Down) |
| 22nd of April 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999) |
| 22nd of April 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist |
| 22nd of April 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Micha? Zew?akow, Polish footballer |
| 22nd of April 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Henderson, Australian footballer |
| 22nd of April 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 22nd of April 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer |
| 22nd of April 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Ambra Angiolini, Italian actress |
| 22nd of April 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin) |
| 22nd of April 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Ezekiel Jackson, Guyanese professional wrestler |
| 22nd of April 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies) |
| 22nd of April 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Orford, Australian rugby league player |
| 22nd of April 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver |
| 22nd of April 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Zoltan Gera, Hungarian footballer |
| 22nd of April 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair) |
| 22nd of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Nicolas Douchez, French footballer |
| 22nd of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Carlos Hernandez, Venezuelan baseball player |
| 22nd of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Courtney Friel, American sports & entertainment reporter |
| 22nd of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Kora Karvouni, Greek actress |
| 22nd of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor |
| 22nd of April 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Clarke Dermody, New Zealand All Black rugby player |
| 22nd of April 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Ken Dorsey, American football player |
| 22nd of April 1982 | BIRTHDAY | David Purcey, American baseball player |
| 22nd of April 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Joel Monaghan, Australian Rugby League Player |
| 22nd of April 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Kaka, Brazilian footballer |
| 22nd of April 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Jones, American football player |
| 22nd of April 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer |
| 22nd of April 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Heads, British entomologist and palaeontologist |
| 22nd of April 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Francis Capra, American actor |
| 22nd of April 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Evangelos Mantzios, Greek footballer |
| 22nd of April 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Amelle Berrabah, English singer (Sugababes) |
| 22nd of April 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Michelle Ryan, English actress |
| 22nd of April 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Ballinger, American singer (Dream Street) |
| 22nd of April 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Amber Heard, American actress |
| 22nd of April 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Marshawn Lynch, American football player |
| 22nd of April 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Dusan Sakota, Serbian/Greek basketball player |
| 22nd of April 1987 | BIRTHDAY | David Luiz, Brazilian footballer |
| 22nd of April 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer |
| 22nd of April 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Amadou Samb, Senegalese footballer |
| 22nd of April 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas James Longley, British actor |
| 22nd of April 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Dejuan Blair, American basketball player |
| 22nd of April 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler |
| 22nd of April 0296 | DEATH | Pope Caius |
| 22nd of April 0455 | DEATH | Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor |
| 22nd of April 0536 | DEATH | Pope Agapetus I |
| 22nd of April 1592 | DEATH | Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (Born 1511) |
| 22nd of April 1672 | DEATH | Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (Born 1598) |
| 22nd of April 1699 | DEATH | Hans Erasmus Assmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (Born 1646) |
| 22nd of April 1758 | DEATH | Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (Born 1686) |
| 22nd of April 1778 | DEATH | James Hargreaves, English inventor (Born 1720) |
| 22nd of April 1806 | DEATH | Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (Born 1763) |
| 22nd of April 1833 | DEATH | Richard Trevithick, English inventor (Born 1771) |
| 22nd of April 1839 | DEATH | Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (Born 1784) |
| 22nd of April 1854 | DEATH | Nicolas Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (Born 1786) |
| 22nd of April 1877 | DEATH | James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (Born 1807) |
| 22nd of April 1892 | DEATH | Edouard Lalo, French composer (Born 1823) |
| 22nd of April 1893 | DEATH | Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor and academic (Born 1825) |
| 22nd of April 1896 | DEATH | Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (Born 1812) |
| 22nd of April 1908 | DEATH | Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Born 1836) |
| 22nd of April 1925 | DEATH | Andre Caplet, French composer (Born 1878) |
| 22nd of April 1929 | DEATH | Henry Lerolle, French painter (Born 1848) |
| 22nd of April 1930 | DEATH | Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (Born 1866) |
| 22nd of April 1933 | DEATH | Sir Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer (Born 1863) |
| 22nd of April 1944 | DEATH | Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (Born 1913) |
| 22nd of April 1945 | DEATH | Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (Born 1900) |
| 22nd of April 1945 | DEATH | Kathe Kollwitz, German artist (Born 1867) |
| 22nd of April 1946 | DEATH | Lionel Atwill, English actor (Born 1885) |
| 22nd of April 1946 | DEATH | Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Born 1872) |
| 22nd of April 1950 | DEATH | Charles Hamilton Houston, American civil rights attorney (Born 1895) |
| 22nd of April 1951 | DEATH | Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (Born 1870) |
| 22nd of April 1968 | DEATH | Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (Born 1911) |
| 22nd of April 1978 | DEATH | Will Geer, American actor (Born 1902) |
| 22nd of April 1980 | DEATH | Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (Born 1902) |
| 22nd of April 1980 | DEATH | Jane Froman, American actress (Born 1907) |
| 22nd of April 1983 | DEATH | John Louis Evans, American convicted murderer (executed) (Born 1950) |
| 22nd of April 1983 | DEATH | Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist (Born 1903) |
| 22nd of April 1984 | DEATH | Ansel Adams, American photographer (Born 1902) |
| 22nd of April 1985 | DEATH | Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician, author and politician (Born 1921) |
| 22nd of April 1985 | DEATH | Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (Born 1900) |
| 22nd of April 1986 | DEATH | Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (Born 1907) |
| 22nd of April 1988 | DEATH | Irene Rich, American actress (Born 1891) |
| 22nd of April 1990 | DEATH | Albert Salmi, American actor (Born 1928) |
| 22nd of April 1994 | DEATH | Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (Born 1913) |
| 22nd of April 1995 | DEATH | Maggie Kuhn, American activist (Born 1905) |
| 22nd of April 1996 | DEATH | Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (Born 1908) |
| 22nd of April 1996 | DEATH | Erma Bombeck, American humorist (Born 1927) |
| 22nd of April 1998 | DEATH | Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (Born 1940) |
| 22nd of April 1999 | DEATH | Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (Born 1938) |
| 22nd of April 1999 | DEATH | Chan Canasta, Polish-British magician and mindreader (Born 1920) |
| 22nd of April 2002 | DEATH | Linda Lovelace, American porn actress (Born 1949) |
| 22nd of April 2003 | DEATH | Felice Bryant, American songwriter (Born 1925) |
| 22nd of April 2003 | DEATH | Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (Born 1912) |
| 22nd of April 2003 | DEATH | Mike Larrabee, American athlete (Born 1933) |
| 22nd of April 2004 | DEATH | Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (Born 1981) |
| 22nd of April 2004 | DEATH | Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (Born 1976) |
| 22nd of April 2005 | DEATH | Norman Bird, UK character actor (Born 1920) |
| 22nd of April 2005 | DEATH | Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (Born 1917) |
| 22nd of April 2005 | DEATH | Philip Morrison, American physicist (Born 1915) |
| 22nd of April 2005 | DEATH | Erika Fuchs, German translator (Born 1906) |
| 22nd of April 2006 | DEATH | Alida Valli, Italian actress (Born 1921) |
| 22nd of April 2007 | DEATH | Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (Born 1938) |
| 22nd of April 2008 | DEATH | Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (Born 1941) |
| 22nd of April 2011 | DEATH | Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (Born 1950) |