April 22 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 22 (Earth Day)
In the headlines today:

2000	Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez is reunited with his father near Washington, DC, after being forcibly removed from his aunt's home in Miami by federal agents earlier that morning.
1996	Homemaker and columnist Erma Bombeck dies in San Francisco at age 69.
1994		Former US president Richard M. Nixon dies of a stroke in New York at age 81. (photo credit: NARA)
1993	The Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, is dedicated.
1990	American Robert Polhill, held hostage for more than three years by pro-Iranian kidnappers in Lebanon, is freed.
1970	The first Earth Day is celebrated.
1956		Singer Elvis Presley headlines at Las Vegas for the first time, on the strength of his number one hit, Heartbreak Hotel. (photo credit: BMG)
1914	Babe Ruth makes his pro baseball pitching debut.
1889	The Oklahoma Land Rush begins, as thousands of settlers race to stake their claim to unoccupied land in the Oklahoma Territory. Uncle Woody sez: Some people jumped the gun, occupying land before the gun went off at noon. These people were nicknamed "sooners". The name is still used today.
1876	The eight professional baseball teams comprising the National League begin their first, 70-game season.
1864	The motto In God We Trust is required on all US coins minted as legal tender.
1509	Henry VIII becomes King of England, upon the death of his father, Henry VII.